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194. Majority written resolutions

(1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Act, a resolution in writing -

(a) that is -

(i) described as being an ordinary resolution, and

(ii) signed by the requisite majority of members of the company concerned, and

(b) in respect of which the condition specified in subsection (7) is satisfied,

shall be as valid and effective for all purposes as if the resolution had been passed at a general meeting of the company duly convened and held.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, the reference in subsection (1) to a provision to the contrary includes a reference to a provision that stipulates that the company in general meeting, or the members of the company in general meeting, must have passed the resolution concerned.

(3) In subsection (1) "requisite majority of members" means a member or members who alone or together, at the time of the signing of the resolution concerned, represent more than 50 per cent of the total voting rights of all the members who, at that time, would ha

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