Section 87 CAMA 2020
Section 87 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Division of powers between general meeting and board of directors. It is under Chapter 5 (Acts by or on Behalf of the Company Exercise of Company’s Powers) of PART B (Incorporation of Companies and Incidental Matters) of the Act.
Division of powers between general meeting and board of directors
(1) A company shall act through its members in general meeting or its board of directors or through officers or agents appointed by, or under authority derived from, the members in general meeting or the board of directors.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the respective powers of the members in general meeting and the board of directors shall be determined by the company’s articles.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in the company’s articles, the business of the company shall be managed by the board of directors who may exercise all such powers of the company as are not by this Act or the articles required to be exercised by the members in general meeting.
(4) Unless the articles otherwise provide, the board of directors, when acting within the powers conferred upon them by this Act or the articles, is not bound to obey the directions or instructions of the members in general meeting provided that the directors acted in good faith and with due diligence.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3), the members in
general meeting may—
(a) act in any matter if the members of the board of directors are disqualified or unable to act because of a deadlock on the board or otherwise ;
(b) institute legal proceedings in the name and on behalf of the company, if the board of directors refuse or neglect to do so ;
(c) ratify or confirm any action taken by the board of directors ; or
(d) make recommendations to the board of directors regarding action to be taken by the board.
(6) No alteration of the articles invalidates any prior act of the board of directors which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made.
