General provisions as to alteration of constitution
26.—(1)  Unless otherwise provided in this Act, the constitution of a company may be altered or added to by special resolution.
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(1AA)  Any alteration or addition made to the constitution under subsection (1) is, subject to this Act, deemed to form part of the original constitution on and from the date of the special resolution or such later date as is specified in the resolution.
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(1AB)  A special resolution adopting the whole or any part of the model constitution prescribed under section 36 for the description to which the company belongs may do so by reference to the title of the model constitution, or to the numbers of the particular regulations of the model constitution and need not set out the text of the whole or part of the model constitution to be adopted.
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(1A)  Subsection (1) is subject to section 26A and to any provision included in the constitution of a company in accordance with that section.
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(1B)  Despite subsection (1), a provision contained in the constitution of a company immediately before 1 April 2004 and which could not be altered under the provisions of this Act in force immediately before that date, may be altered only if all the members of the company agree.
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(2)  In addition to observing and subject to any other provision of this Act requiring the lodging with the Registrar of any resolution of a company or order of the Court or other document affecting the constitution of a company, the company must, within 14 days after the passing of any such resolution or the making of any such order, lodge with the Registrar a copy of such resolution or other document or a copy of such order together with (unless the Registrar dispenses therewith) a copy of the constitution as adopted or altered, as the case may be.
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(2A)  If default is made in complying with subsection (2), the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and also to a default penalty.
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(3)  The Registrar must register every resolution, order or other document lodged with the Registrar under this Act that affects the constitution of a company and, where an order is so registered, must issue to the company a notice of the registration of that order.
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(4)  [Deleted by Act 12 of 2002]
(5)  Notice of the registration must be published in such manner (if any) as the Court or the Registrar directs.
(6)  The Registrar must, where appropriate, issue a notice of incorporation in accordance with the alteration made to the constitution.
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(7)  Upon the application of a company and payment of the prescribed fee, the Registrar must issue to the company a certificate confirming the incorporation in accordance with the alteration made to the constitution.
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