Section 242 CAMA 2020
Section 242 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Contents of notice. It is under Chapter 10 (Meetings and Proceedings of Companies) of the Act.
(1) The notice of a meeting shall specify the place, date and time of the meeting, and the general nature of the business to be transacted in sufficient detail to enable those to whom it is given to decide whether to attend or not, and where the meeting is to consider a special resolution, set out the terms of the resolution.
(2) In the case of notice of an annual general meeting, a statement that the purpose is to transact the ordinary business of an annual general meeting is deemed to be a sufficient specification that the business is for the declaration of dividends, presentation of the financial statements, reports of the directors and auditors, the election of directors in the place of those retiring, fixing of the remuneration of the auditors, and, if the requirements of sections 409 and 410 of this Act are complied with, the removal and election of auditors and directors.
(3) No business may be transacted at any general meeting unless notice of it has been duly given.
(4) In every case in which a member is entitled, pursuant to section 254 of this Act, to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him, the notice shall contain, a statement that a member has the right to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him and that the proxy need not be a member of the company, and if default is made in complying with this subsection as respects any meeting, each officer of the company is liable to a penalty in such amount as the Commission shall specify in its regulations.
(5) An error or omission in a notice with respect to the place, date, time or general nature of the business of a meeting shall not invalidate the meeting, unless the officer of the company responsible for the error or omission acted in bad faith or failed to exercise care and diligence provided that in the case of accidental error or omission, the officer responsible shall effect the necessary correction either before or during the meeting.
