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Companies Act (No. 17 of 1982) - Sect 131

Power of court to order meeting

131.
(1) Where for any reason it is impracticable to call a meeting of a company in any manner in which meetings of that company may be called, or to conduct the meeting of the company in the manner specified by the articles or this Act, the court may either of its own motion or on the application of any director of the company or of any member of the company who would be entitled to vote at the meeting, order a meeting of the company to be called, held and conducted in such manner as the court thinks fit, and where any such order is made, may give such ancillary or consequential direction as it thinks expedient, and any meeting called, held and conducted in accordance with any such order shall for all purposes, be deemed to be a meeting of the company duly called, held and conducted and any such direction may include a direction that one member of the company present in person or by proxy shall be deemed to constitute a meeting.
(2) A copy of every notice calling a meeting under the provisions of this section shall be sent to the Registrar at the same time as such notice is required to be sent to the members.
(3) Where default is made in complying with the provisions of subsection (2) the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees.


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