Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions (Covid-19) Act 2020

Amendment of section 695 of Act of 2014

22. Section 695 of the Act of 2014 is amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a meeting of creditors is held wholly or partly by the use of electronic communications technology during the interim period, a resolution shall be deemed to be passed when a majority in number and value of the creditors in attendance at the meeting by such technology and voting on the resolution have voted in favour of the resolution.”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(2A) Notwithstanding subsection (2), where a meeting of the contributories is held by means of electronic communications technology, a resolution shall be deemed to be passed when a majority in number and value of the contributories in attendance by way of such technology and voting on the resolution have voted in favour of the resolution, the value of the contributories being determined according to the number of votes conferred on each contributory by the constitution of the company.”.