Section 249W — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Adjourned meetings

When resolution passed

(1) A resolution passed at a meeting resumed after an adjournment is passed on the day it was passed.

Business at adjourned meetings (replaceable rule—see section 135)

(2) Only unfinished business is to be transacted at a meeting resumed after an adjournment

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Related sections

s 249T — Quorum (replaceable rule—see section 135)
s 249U — Chairing meetings of members (replaceable rule—see section 135)
s 249V — Auditor’s right to be heard at general meetings
s 249X — Who can appoint a proxy (replaceable rule for proprietary companies and mandatory rule for public companies—see section 135)
s 249Y — Rights of proxies
s 249Z — Company sending appointment forms or lists of proxies must send to all members

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