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Extraordinary and special resolutions.
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6.—(1) Section 69 of the principal Act is hereby amended—
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(a) by the substitution in subsection (1) of “as, being entitled so to do, vote” for “entitled to vote as are present”;
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(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
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“(2) A resolution shall be a special resolution when it has been passed by such a majority as is required for the passing of an extraordinary resolution and at a general meeting of which not less than twenty-one days' notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given:
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Provided that if all the members entitled to attend and vote at any such meeting so agree, a resolution may be proposed and passed as a special resolution at a meeting of which less than twenty-one days' notice has been given.”;
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(c) by the deletion of “or confirmed” in subsection (3) and in subsection (4); and
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(d) by the substitution in subsection (5) of “cast for and against the resolution” for “to which each member is entitled by the articles of the company”.
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(2) Section 70 of the principal Act is hereby amended—
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(a) by the substitution in subsection (1) of “passing of the resolution” for “confirmation of the special resolution, or from the passing of the extraordinary resolution, as the case may be,”; and
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(b) by the substitution in subsection (2) of “passing” for “confirmation”.
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(3) (a) Any reference to section 69 or 70 of the principal Act contained in any Act which was passed before the passing of this Act shall be construed as a reference to that section as amended by this section.
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(b) Any reference to an extraordinary or special resolution of a company contained in any Act which was passed or document which existed before the passing of this Act shall be construed as a reference to such resolution as defined by section 69 of the principal Act as amended by this section.
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