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Right to demand a poll.
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55.—(1) Any provision in the rules of a society which would either—
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(a) exclude the right to demand a poll at a meeting of the society on any question other than the election of the chairman of the meeting or the adjournment of the meeting, or
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(b) make ineffective a demand for a poll on any such question which is made by not less than ten members having the right to vote at the meeting,
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shall be void.
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(2) The instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a meeting of a society shall be 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 a proxy for a member shall be the same as a demand by the member.
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