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[Subsidiary]
Interpretation.
Appointment and functions of registration committee. L.N. 137/77.
CAP. 50]
Professional Accountants By-laws
[1977 Ed.
(4) Unless a poll is held under paragraph (3), a declaration by the chairman that a resolution or amendment thereto has, on a show of hands, been carried, or carried unanimously, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the minutes relating to that meeting shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution or any amendment thereto.
(5) If a poll is held under paragraph (3) it shall be held in such manner as the chairman may direct.
(6) The chairman shall appoint scrutineers from among the professional accountants present, not being proposers or seconders of the resolution or any amendment thereto, or persons the subject of or mentioned in the resolution or amendment thereto, and the scrutineers shall sign their report on the result of the poll, which shall be declared by the chairman.
(7) No poll shall be taken for the election of the chairman or the adjournment of a general meeting.
(8) Subject to section 8(3) of the Ordinance, the votes of a professional accountant on a poll may be given either personally or by proxy.
(9) The instrument appointing a proxy (who shall be a member of the Society) shall be in writing signed by the appointer or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(10) The appointment of a proxy shall have no effect unless the instrument appointing the proxy, and the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, is lodged with the chairman not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting at which the proxy proposes to vote, or within such lesser time as the chairman may allow.
(11) Minutes of all proceedings at a general meeting of the Society shall be entered in records kept for that purpose and any such minutes, if purporting to be signed by the chairman of the meeting at which the proceedings were held or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting, shall be evidence of the proceedings.
PART IV
REGISTRATION
19. In this Part, "registration committee" means a committee appointed under by-law 20(1).
20. (1) The Council may appoint a committee of not less than 5 professional accountants to examine the qualifications of an applicant for registration under section 25 of the Ordinance.
(1A) A majority of the professional accountants appointed under paragraph (1) shall be elected members.