Companies Act, 1956

Section - 176 - Proxies

Proxies.

176. (1) Any member of a company entitled to attend and vote at a meeting of the company shall be entitled to appoint another person (whether a member or not) as his proxy to attend and vote instead of himself; but a proxy so appointed shall not have any right to speak at the meeting:

Provided that, unless the articles otherwise provide—

         (a)  this sub-section shall not apply in the case of a company not having a share capital;

         (b)  a member of a private company shall not be entitled to appoint more than one proxy to attend on the same occasion; and

          (c)  a proxy shall not be entitled to vote except on a poll.

(2) In every notice calling a meeting of a company which has a share capital, or the articles of which provide for voting by proxy at the meeting, there shall appear with reasonable prominence a statement that a member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store