Building Societies Act, 1976

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Special resolution.

56.—(1) A resolution of a society shall be a special resolution when it has been passed by a majority of such members of the society as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy on a poll on the resolution at a meeting of the society in relation to which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in the rules of a society, the business which may be dealt with at any meeting of the society may include any resolution to be passed as a special resolution.

(3) The terms of any special resolution before a general meeting of a society may be amended by ordinary resolution moved at the meeting if the terms of the resolution as amended will still be such that adequate notice of the intention to pass the resolution can be deemed to have been given.