Companies Act, 1956
Sec 192A
- Passing of resolutions by postal ballot.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
foregoing provisions of this Act, a listed public company may, and in the case
of resolutions relating to such business as the Central Government may, by
notification, declare to be conducted only by postal ballot, shall, get any
resolution passed by means of a postal ballot, instead of transacting the
business in general meeting of the company.
(2) Where a company decides to pass any
resolution by resorting to postal ballot, it shall send a notice to all the
shareholders, along with a draft resolution explaining the reasons therefor,
and requesting them to send their assent or dissent in writing on a postal
ballot within a period of thirty days from the date of posting of the letter.
(3) The notice shall be sent by registered
post acknowledgement due, or by any other method as may be prescribed by the
Central Government in this behalf, and shall include with the notice, a postage
pre-paid envelope for facilitating the communication of the assent or dissent
of the shareholder to the resolution within the said period.
(4) If a resolution is assented to by a
requisite majority of the shareholders by means of postal ballot, it shall be
deemed to have been duly passed at a general meeting convened in that behalf.
(5) If a shareholder sends under sub-section
(2) his assent or dissent in writing on a postal ballot and thereafter any
person fraudulently defaces or destroys the ballot paper or declaration of
identity of the shareholder, such person shall be punishable with imprisonment
for a term which may extend to six months or with fine or with both.
(6) If a default is made in complying with
sub-sections (1) to (4), the company and every officer of the company, who is
in default shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty thousand
rupees in respect of each such default.
Explanation - For the purposes of
this section, "postal ballot" includes voting by electronic mode.