(1) Subject to subsection (3), any member of a company entitled to attend and vote at a meeting of the company shall be entitled to appoint another person (whether a member or not) as his or her proxy to attend and vote instead of him or her.
(2) A proxy so appointed shall have the same right as the member to speak at the meeting and to vote on a show of hands and on a poll.
(3) Unless the company's constitution otherwise provides, a member of a company shall not be entitled to appoint more than one proxy to attend on the same occasion.
(4) The instrument appointing a proxy (the "instrument of proxy") shall be in writing -
(a) under the hand of the appointer or of his or her attorney duly authorised in writing; or
(b) if the appointer is a body corporate, either under seal of the body corporate or under the hand of an officer or attorney of it duly authorised in writing.
(5) The instrument of proxy and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed, or a not
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