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Statutory meeting and statutory report

174.—(1) Every public company that is a limited company and has a share capital shall, within a period of not less than one month and not more than 3 months after the date at which it is entitled to commence business, hold a general meeting of the members of the company to be called the “statutory meeting”.

(2) The directors shall at least 7 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held forward a report to be called the “statutory report” to every member of the company.

(3) The statutory report shall be certified by not less than 2 directors of the company and shall state —

(a)	the total number of shares allotted, distinguishing shares allotted as fully or partly paid up otherwise than in cash, and stating in the case of shares partly paid up the extent to which they are so paid up, and in either case the consideration for which they have been allotted;
(b)	the total amount of cash received by the company in respect of all the shares allotted and so distinguished;
(c)	an abstract of the receipts of the company and of the payments made thereout up to a date within 7 days of the date of the report exhibiting under distinctive headings the receipts from shares and debentures and other sources the payments made thereout and particulars concerning the balance remaining in hand, and an account or estimate of the preliminary expenses;
(d)	the names and addresses and descriptions of the directors, trustees for holders of debentures, if any, auditors, if any, chief executive officers, if any, and secretaries of the company; and [Act 36 of 2014 wef 03/01/2016]
(e)	the particulars of any contract the modification of which is to be submitted to the meeting for its approval together with the particulars of the modification or proposed modification.

(4) The statutory report shall, so far as it relates to the shares allotted and to the cash received in respect of such shares and to the receipts and payments on capital account, be examined and reported upon by the auditors, if any.

(5) The directors shall cause a copy of the statutory report and the auditor’s report, if any, to be lodged with the Registrar at least 7 days before the date of the statutory meeting.

(6) The directors shall cause a list showing the names and addresses of the members and the number of shares held by them respectively to be produced at the commencement of the meeting and to remain open and accessible to any member during the continuance of the meeting.

(7) The members present at the meeting shall be at liberty to discuss any matter relating to the formation of the company or arising out of the statutory report, whether previous notice has been given or not, but no resolution of which notice has not been given in accordance with the constitution may be passed.

[Act 36 of 2014 wef 03/01/2016]

(8) The meeting may adjourn from time to time and at any adjourned meeting any resolution of which notice has been given in accordance with the constitution either before or subsequently to the former meeting may be passed and the adjourned meeting shall have the same powers as an original meeting.

[Act 36 of 2014 wef 03/01/2016]

(9) The meeting may by ordinary resolution appoint a committee or committees of inquiry, and at any adjourned meeting a special resolution may be passed that the company be wound up if, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, at least 7 days’ notice of intention to propose the resolution has been given to every member of the company.

(10) In the event of any default in complying with this section every officer of the company who is in default and every director of the company who fails to take all reasonable steps to secure compliance with this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and also to a default penalty.

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[UK, 1948, s. 130; Aust., 1961, s. 135]

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