Lawgist96Annual general meeting
(1) Every company other than a One Person Company shall in each year hold in addition to any other meetings, a general meeting as its annual general meeting and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it, and not more than fifteen months shall elapse between the date of one annual general meeting of a company and that of the next:
Provided that in case of the first annual general meeting, it shall be held within a period of nine months from the date of closing of the first financial year of the company and in any other case, within a period of six months, from the date of closing of the financial year:
Provided further that if a company holds its first annual general meeting as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary for the company to hold any annual general meeting in the year of its incorporation:
Provided also that the Registrar may, for any special reason, extend the time within which any annual general meeting, other than the first annual general meeting, shall be held, by a period not exceeding three months.
(2) Every annual general meeting shall be called during business hours, that is, between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on any day that is not a National Holiday and shall be held either at the registered office of the company or at some other place within the city, town or village in which the registered office of the company is situate:
1[Provided that annual general meeting of an unlisted company may be held at any place in India if consent is given in writing or by electronic mode by all the members in advance:
Provided further that the Central Government may exempt any company from the provisions of this sub-section subject to such conditions as it may impose.
Explanation.-- For the purposes of this sub-section, National Holiday means and includes a day declared as National Holiday by the Central Government.
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1. Subs. by Act 1 of 2018, s. 26, for "Provided that" (w.e.f. 13-6-2018).
- 88 Register of members, etc
- 89 Declaration in respect of beneficial interest in any shar
- 90 Register of significant beneficial owners in a Company
- 91 Power to close register of members or debenture holders or other security holder
- 92 Annual return
- 93 Omitted
- 94 Place of keeping and inspection of registers, returns, etc
- 95 Registers, etc., to be evidence
- 96 Annual general meeting
- 97 Power of Tribunal to call annual general meetin
- 98 Power of Tribunal to call meetings of members, et
- 99 Punishment for default in complying with provisions of sections 96 to 98
- 100 Calling of extraordinary general meeting
- 101 Notice of meeting
- 102 Statement to be annexed to notic
- 103 Quorum for meeting
- 104 Chairman of meetings
- 105 Proxie
- 106 Restriction on voting rights
- 107 Voting by show of hands
- 108 Voting through electronic means
- 109 Demand for poll
- 110 Postal ballot
- 111 Circulation of members‘ resolution
- 112 Representation of President and Governors in meetings
- 113 Representation of corporations at meeting of companies and of creditors
- 114 Ordinary and special resolutions
- 115 Resolutions requiring special notic
- 116 Resolutions passed at adjourned meetin
- 117 Resolutions and agreements to be filed
- 118 . Minutes of proceedings of general meeting, meeting of Board of Directors and other meeting and resolutions passed by postal ballot
- 119 Inspection of minute-books of general meetin
- 120 Maintenance and inspection of documents in electronic form
- 121 Report on annual general meeting
- 122 Applicability of this Chapter to One Person Compan
