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(1)A company shall not register under section 680 without the assent of a majority of such of its members as are present in person or by proxy (in cases where proxies are allowed) at a general meeting summoned for the purpose.
(2)Where a company not having the liability of its members limited by Act of Parliament or letters patent is about to register as a limited company, the majority required to assent as required by subsection (1) shall consist of not less than three-fourths of the members present in person or by proxy at the meeting.
(3)In computing any majority under this section when a poll is demanded, regard is to be had to the number of votes to which each member is entitled according to the company’s regulations.
(4)Where a company is about to register (under section 680) as a company limited by guarantee, the assent to its being so registered shall be accompanied by a resolution declaring that each member undertakes to contribute to the company’s assets, in the event of its being wound up while he is a member, or within one year after he ceases to be a member, for payment of the company’s debts and liabilities contracted before he ceased to be a member, and of the costs and expenses of winding up and for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories among themselves, such amount as may be required, not exceeding a specified amount.
(5)Before a company is registered under section 680, it shall deliver to the registrar of companies—
(a)a statement that the registered office of the company is to be situated in England and Wales, or in Wales, or in Scotland (as the case may be).
(b)a statement specifying the intended situation of the company’s registered office after registration, and
(c)in an appropriate case, if the company wishes to be registered with the Welsh equivalent of “public limited company” or, as the case may be, “limited” as the last words or word of its name, a statement to that effect.
(6)Any statement delivered to the registrar under subsection (5) shall be made in the prescribed form.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 681 restricted (E.W.)(1.12.1991) by Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 (c. 58, SIF 130), ss. 13(3), 17(2)
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