Section 249 CAMA 2020
Section 249 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Right to demand poll. It is under Chapter 10 (Meetings and Proceedings of Companies) of the Act.
(1) Any provision contained in a company’s articles is void if it would have the effect of—
(a) excluding the right to demand a poll at a general meeting on any question other than the election of the chairman of the meeting or the adjournment of the meeting ; or
(b) making ineffective a demand for a poll on any such question which is made by any of the persons mentioned in section 248 of this Act.
(2) The instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a meeting of a company is also deemed also to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll, and for the purposes of subsection (1), a demand by a person as proxy for a member is the same as a demand by the member.
(3) Notwithstanding section 248 of this Act and subsections (1) and (2) of this section, there shall be no right to demand a poll on the election of members of the audit committee under section 404 of this Act.
