Section 287 CAMA 2020

Section 287 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Mode of voting on appointment of directors. It is under Chapter 11 (Directors) of the Act.

(1) At a general meeting of a company other than a private company, a motion for the appointment of two or more persons as directors of the company by a single resolution shall not be made, unless resolution that it shall be made has first been agreed to by the meeting without any vote being given against it.

(2) A resolution moved in contravention of this section is void, whether or not its being so moved was objected to at the time :

Provided that—

(a) this subsection shall not be taken as excluding the operation of section286 of this Act ; and

(b) where a resolution so moved is passed, no provision for automatic

(3) For the purposes of this section, a motion for approving a person’s appointment or for nominating a person for appointment is treated as a motion for his appointment.

(4) Nothing in this section applies to a resolution altering the company’sarticles.