Companies Act · s 111

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111.
Annual general meetings
(1) A general meeting of every company, to be called the annual general meeting, shall in addition to any other meeting be held once in every calendar year and not more than 15 months after the holding of the last preceding annual general meeting, but so long as a company holds its first annual general meeting within 18 months of its incorporation, it need not hold it in the year of its incorporation or in the following year,
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (I), the Registrar, on the application of the company, may, if for any special reason he thinks fit to do so, extend the period of 15 months or 18 months referred to in that subsection, notwithstanding that such period is so extended beyond the calendar year.
(3) Subject to notice being given to all persons entitled to receive notice of the meeting, a general meeting may be held at any time and the company may resolve that any meeting held or summoned to be held shall be the annual general meeting of the company.
(4) If default is made in holding an annual general meeting -
(a)
the company and every officer of the company who is in default is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and a default fine; and

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(b) the Court may on the application of any member order a general meeting to be called.

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s 111Annual general meetings

(1)

A general meeting of every company, to be called the annual general meeting, shall in addition to any other meeting be held once in every calendar year and not more than 15 months after the holding of the last preceding annual general meeting, but so long as a company holds its first annual general meeting within 18 months of its incorporation, it need not hold it in the year of its incorporation or in the following year,

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (I), the Registrar, on the application of the company, may, if for any special reason he thinks fit to do so, extend the period of 15 months or 18 months referred to in that subsection, notwithstanding that such period is so extended beyond the calendar year.

(3)

Subject to notice being given to all persons entitled to receive notice of the meeting, a general meeting may be held at any time and the company may resolve that any meeting held or summoned to be held shall be the annual general meeting of the company.

(4)

If default is made in holding an annual general meeting -

(a)

the company and every officer of the company who is in default is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and a default fine; and

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(b)

the Court may on the application of any member order a general meeting to be called.