Companies Act 2007 · As enacted · Part VII · Management and Administration Registered Office
135. Length of notice for calling meetings
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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Any provision of a company’s articles shall be void in so far as it provides for the calling of a meeting of the company (other than an adjourned meeting) by a shorter notice than—
in the case of the annual general meeting, fifteen working days’ notice in writing ; and
in the case of a meeting other than an annual general meeting or a meeting for the passing of a special resolution, ten working days’ notice in writing in the case of a company other than a private or an unlimited company and five working days’ notice in writing in the case of a private or an unlimited company.
Subject to the provisions of subsection (1), save in so far as the articles of a company make other provisions in that behalf, a meeting of the company (other than an adjourned meeting) may be called—
in the case of the annual general meeting, by fifteen working days’ notice in writing ; and
in the case of a meeting, other than an annual general meeting or a meeting for the passing of a special resolution, by ten days notice in writing in the case of a company other than a private or unlimited company and by five working days’ notice in writing in the case of a private or an unlimited company.
A meeting of the company shall, notwithstanding that it is called by shorter notice than that specified in the preceding subsection or in the company’s articles, as the case may be, be deemed to have been duly called, if it is so agreed—
in the case of the meeting called as the annual general meeting, by all the shareholders entitled to attend and vote at such meeting ; and
in the case of any other meeting, by the shareholders having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, being shareholders together holding shares which carry not less than ninety-five per centum of the voting rights, on each issue to be considered and voted on at that meeting.
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