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| (1) Any provision contained in a company's articles shall be void in so far as it would have the effect either
| | (a) of excluding the right to demand a poll at a general meeting on any question other than the election of the chairman of the meeting or the adjournment of the meeting; or | | |
| | (b) of making ineffective a demand for a poll on any such question which is made either
| | | (i) by not less than five members, having the right to vote at the meeting; or |
| (ii) by a member or members representing not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all the members having the right to vote at the meeting ; or |
| (iii) by a member or members holding shares in the company conferring a right to vote at the meeting, being share on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right. |
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| (2) The instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a meeting of a company shall be deemed also to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll, and for the purpose of the provisions of subsection (1) a demand by a person as proxy for a member shall be the same as a demand by the member. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts