Companies Act, 2013
103.
Quorum
for meetings.
1. Unless the articles
of the company provide for a larger number,—
a.
in
case of a public company,—
i.
five
members personally present if the number of members as on the date of meeting
is not more than one thousand;
ii.
fifteen
members personally present if the number of members as on the date of meeting
is more than one thousand but up to five thousand;
iii.
thirty
members personally present if the number of members as on the date of the
meeting exceeds five thousand;
b.
in
the case of a private company, two members personally present, shall be the
quorum for a meeting of the company.
2. If the quorum is not
present within half-an-hour from the time appointed for holding a meeting of
the company—
a.
the
meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time
and place, or to such other date and such other time and place as the Board may
determine; or
b.
the
meeting, if called by requisitionists under section 100, shall stand cancelled:
Provided
that in case of an adjourned meeting or of a change of day, time or place of
meeting under clause (a ), the company shall give not less than three
days notice to the members either individually or by publishing an
advertisement in the newspapers (one in English and one in vernacular language)
which is in circulation at the place where the registered office of the company
is situated.
3. If at the adjourned
meeting also, a quorum is not present within half-an-hour from the time
appointed for holding meeting, the members present shall be the quorum.