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  1. Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)
  2. Part 4 Corporate Governance (ss. 127-218)
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Part 4 Corporate Governance (ss. 127-218)

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Chapter 1 Preliminary (s. 127)
In force
 127. Access to documents during business hours
Chapter 2 Directors and secretaries (ss. 128-153)
In force
 128. Directors
In force
 129. Secretaries
In force
 130. Prohibition of body corporate or unincorporated body of persons being director
In force
 131. Prohibition of minor being director or secretary
In force
 132. Prohibition of undischarged bankrupt being director or secretary or otherwise involved in company
In force
 133. Examination as to solvency status
In force
 134. Performance of acts by person in dual capacity as director and secretary not permitted
In force
 135. Validity of acts of director or secretary
In force
 136. Share qualifications of directors
In force
 137. Company to have director resident in an EEA state
In force
 138. Supplemental provisions concerning bond referred to in section 137(2)
In force
 139. Notification requirement as regards non-residency of director
In force
 140. Exception to section 137 - companies having real and continuous link with economic activity in State
In force
 141. Provisions for determining whether director resident in State
In force
 142. Limitation on number of directorships
In force
 143. Sanctions for contravention of section 142 and supplemental provisions
In force
 144. Appointment of director
In force
 145. Appointment of directors to be voted on individually
In force
 146. Removal of directors
In force
 147. Compensation for wrongful termination, other powers of removal not affected by section 146
In force
 148. Vacation of office
In force
 149. Register of directors and secretaries
In force
 150. Supplemental provisions (including offences) in relation to section 149
In force
 151. Particulars to be shown on all business letters of company
In force
 152. Entitlement to notify Registrar of changes in directors and secretaries if section 149(8) contravened
In force
 153. Provisions as to assignment of office by directors
Chapter 3 Service contracts and remuneration (ss. 154-156)
In force
 154. Copies of directors' service contracts
In force
 155. Remuneration of directors
In force
 156. Prohibition of tax-free payments to directors
Chapter 4 Proceedings of directors (ss. 157-167)
In force
 157. Sections 158 to 165 to apply save where constitution provides otherwise
In force
 158. General power of management and delegation
In force
 159. Managing director
In force
 160. Meetings of directors and committees
In force
 161. Supplemental provisions about meetings (including provision for acting by means of written resolutions)
In force
 162. Holding of any other office or place of profit under the company by director
In force
 163. Counting of director in quorum and voting at meeting at which director is appointed
In force
 164. Signing, drawing, etc., of negotiable instruments and receipts
In force
 165. Alternate directors
In force
 166. Minutes of proceedings of directors
In force
 167. Audit committees
Chapter 5 Members (ss. 168-174)
In force
 168. Definition of member
In force
 169. Register of members
In force
 170. Trusts not to be entered on register of members
In force
 171. Register to be evidence
In force
 172. Consequences of failure to comply with requirements as to register owing to agent's default
In force
 173. Rectification of register
In force
 174. Power to close register
Chapter 6 General meetings and resolutions (ss. 174A-199)
In force
 174A. General meetings during interim period
In force
 175. Annual general meeting
In force
 176. The location and means for holding general meetings
In force
 177. Extraordinary general meetings
In force
 178. Convening of extraordinary general meetings by members
In force
 179. Power of court to convene meeting
In force
 180. Persons entitled to notice of general meetings
In force
 181. Notice of general meetings
In force
 181A. Notice of rescheduled general meeting during interim period
In force
 182. Quorum
In force
 183. Proxies
In force
 184. Form of proxy
In force
 185. Representation of bodies corporate at meetings of companies
In force
 186. The business of the annual general meeting
In force
 186A. Withdrawal or amendment of dividend resolutions
In force
 187. Proceedings at meetings
In force
 188. Votes of members
In force
 189. Right to demand a poll
In force
 190. Voting on a poll
In force
 191. Resolutions - ordinary resolutions, special resolutions, etc., - meaning
In force
 192. Resolutions passed at adjourned meetings
In force
 193. Unanimous written resolutions
In force
 194. Majority written resolutions
In force
 195. Supplemental provisions in relation to section 194
In force
 195A. Voting on resolutions at general meeting during interim period
In force
 196. Single-member companies - absence of need to hold general meetings, etc.
In force
 197. Application of this Part to class meetings
In force
 198. Registration of, and obligation of company to supply copies of, certain resolutions and agreements
In force
 199. Minutes of proceedings of meetings of a company
Draft
 Draft New Section - Participation in general meetings by the use of electronic communications technology
Chapter 7 Summary Approval Procedure (ss. 200-211)
In force
 200. Interpretation (Chapter 7)
In force
 201. Chapter 7 - what it does
In force
 202. Summary Approval Procedure
In force
 203. Declaration to be made in the case of financial assistance for acquisition of shares or transaction with directors
In force
 204. Declaration to be made in the case of a reduction in company capital or variation of company capital on reorganisation
In force
 205. Declaration to be made in the case of treatment of pre-acquisition profits or losses in a manner otherwise prohibited by section 118(1)
In force
 206. Declaration to be made in the case of merger of company
In force
 207. Declaration to be made in the case of members' winding up of solvent company
In force
 208. Condition to be satisfied common to declarations referred to in section 204, 205 or 207
In force
 209. Condition to be satisfied in relation to declaration referred to in section 206
In force
 210. Civil sanctions where opinion as to solvency stated in declaration without reasonable grounds
In force
 211. Moratorium on certain restricted activities being carried on and applications to court to cancel special resolution
Chapter 8 Protection for minorities (s. 212)
In force
 212. Remedy in case of oppression
Chapter 9 Form of registers, indices and minute books (ss. 213-214)
In force
 213. Form of registers, minutes, etc.
In force
 214. Use of computers, etc., for certain company records
Chapter 10 Inspection of registers, provision of copies of information in them and service of notices (ss. 215-218)
In force
 215. Definitions for purposes of section 216 concerning registers, etc. and construction of reference to company keeping registers, etc.
In force
 216. Where registers and other documents to be kept, right to inspect them, etc.
In force
 217. Supplemental provisions in relation to section 216 - "relevant fee", power to alter the amount of it, offences, etc.
In force
 218. Service of notices on members
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