Section - 177 - Voting to be by show of hands in first instance
Voting to be by show of hands in first instance.177. At any general meeting, a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall, unless a poll is demanded under , be decided on a show of hands.
Demand for poll.179. (1) Before or on the declaration of the result of the voting on any resolution on a show of hands, a poll may be ordered to be taken by the chairman of the meeting of his own motion, and shall be ordered to be taken by him on a demand made in that behalf by the persons or person specified below, that is to say,—[(a) in the case of a public company having a share capital, by any member or members present in person or by proxy and holding shares in the company— (i) which confer a power to vote on the resolution not being less than one-tenth of the total voting power in respect of the resolution, or (ii) on which an aggregate sum of .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store