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Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973)

Chapter VIII: Directors

Number and Appointment

210. Appointment of directors to be voted on individually

 

 

1) At a general meeting of a company a motion for the appointment of two or more persons as directors of the company by a single resolution shall not be moved, unless a resolution that it shall be so moved has first been agreed to by the meeting without any vote being given against it.

 

2) Subject to the provisions of section 214, a resolution moved in contravention of this section shall be void, whether or not its being so moved was objected to at the time. bur if a resolution so moved is passed, no provision for the automatic reappointment of a retiring director in default of another appointment shall apply.

 

3) For the purposes of this section, a motion for approving a person's appointment or for nominating a person for appointment shall be treated as a motion for his appointment.

 

4) This section shall not apply to a resolution altering the company's articles.