Agm

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17 October 2012 Dear All

Can a AGM of a public Company be held outside India.


17 October 2012 NO


As per section 166(2) every AGM shall be called for a time during business hours, on a day that is not a public holiday, and shall be held either at the registered office of the company or at some other place within the city, town or village in which the registered office of the company is situate.

17 October 2012 Hi


Annual General Meeting cannot be held on a public holiday:

Section 166(2) inter alia states that every annual general meeting shall be called on a day, which is not a public holiday.
It has been clarified by the Department vide Circular F. No. 8/23/(166)/69-CL-V that section 166 of the Companies Act deals with the actual period during which the annual general meeting is to be held. Sub-section (2) states that every annual general meeting shall be held on a day that is not a public holiday and this provision is mandatory. If the provision of section 166(2) are to be considered as 'merely regulatory' as suggested "shall be called" used in the section will ceased to have any meaning.

The Department has vide Circular File No. 8/16(1)/61-PR stated that there is no contravention of section 166(2) if the adjourned annual general meeting comes to be accidentally held on a public holiday.

17 October 2012 Hi


Meaning of 'Public Holiday'
According to section 2(38) of the Companies Act, 1956 'public holiday' means a public holiday within the meaning of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Further, proviso to section 2(38) enacts that a day declared to be a public holiday by the Central Government shall not be a public holiday in relation to any meeting provided the declaration of holiday was notified after the issue of notice of convening such meeting. Provided that the holiday declared by banks for closure of half yearly accounts under the Negotiable Instruments Act, shall not be considered as a public holiday for the purpose of holding an annual general meeting.

17 October 2012 Thank you sir


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