Companies Act, 1956
Sec 189 -
Ordinary and special resolutions.
(1) A resolution shall be an ordinary
resolution when at a general meeting of which the notice required under this
Act has been duly given, the votes cast (whether on a show of hands, or on a
poll, as the case may be,) in favor of resolution (including the casting vote,
if any, of the chairman) by members who, being entitled so to do, vote in
person, or where proxies are allowed, by proxy, exceed the votes, if any, cast
against the resolution by members so entitled and voting.
(2) A resolution shall be a special resolution
when
(a) the intention to propose the resolution as
a special resolution has been duly specified in the notice calling the general
meeting or other intimation given to the members of the resolution ;
(b) the notice required under this Act has
been duly given of the general meeting ; and
(c) the votes cast in favor of the resolution
(whether on a show of hands, or on a poll, as the case may be) by members who,
being entitled so to do, vote in person, or where proxies are allowed, by
proxy, are not less than three times the number of the votes, if any, cast
against the resolution by members so entitled and voting.