Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 248

248. (1) Any provision contained in a company's articles is void in so far as
it would have the effect:

   (a)  of excluding the right to demand a poll at a general meeting on any
        question or matter other than the election of the chairman of the
        meeting or the adjournment of the meeting;

   (b)  of making ineffective a demand for a poll on any question or matter,
        other than the election of the chairman of the meeting or the
        adjournment of the meeting, that is made:

        (i)    by at least 5 members having the right to vote at the meeting;

        (ii)   by a member or members who are together entitled to at least
               10% of the total voting rights of all the members having the
               right to vote at the meeting; or

        (iii)  by a member or members holding shares in the company conferring
               a right to vote at the meeting, being shares on which an
               aggregate sum has been paid up equal to at least 10% of the
               total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right; or

   (c)  of requiring the instrument appointing a proxy, or any other document
        necessary to show the validity of or otherwise relating to the
        appointment of a proxy, to be received by the company or any other
        person more than 48 hours before a meeting or adjourned meeting in
        order that the appointment may be effective at the meeting.

(2) The instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a meeting of a company shall
be deemed 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 of
the company shall be deemed to be the same as a demand by the member.