Building Societies Act, 1976

Notice of meeting.

51.—(1) Any provision in a society's rules providing for the calling of a meeting of the society (other than an adjourned meeting) by a shorter notice than 21 days' notice shall be void.

(2) A meeting of a society called by a shorter notice than 21 days' notice shall be deemed to have been properly called if it is so agreed by the auditor of the society and by the Registrar on application being made to him in writing by the society.

(3) Notice of a meeting of a society shall not be given to members of the society more than 42 days before the date of the meeting.

(4) A society shall give notice of a meeting of the society—

(a) by sending to every person entitled to attend the meeting a notice in such form as the Registrar may direct, or

(b) with the consent of the Registrar, by publishing in at least one daily newspaper published in the State and circulating in the area in which the chief office of the society is situated a notice in such form as the Registrar may direct.

(5) The notice, in the case of a meeting of a society at which it is intended to propose a resolution as a special resolution, shall specify the intention to propose such a resolution.

(6) Neither accidental omission to give notice of a meeting of a society to a person entitled to receive notice of the meeting nor the non-receipt by such a person of a notice of such a meeting shall invalidate the proceedings at that meeting.