State Agricultural Credit Corporation Act,1968
Act No : 60
Section :
Directors of Board or members of a committee not to vote in certaincases.
16. Directors of Board or members of a committee not to vote in certain cases. Every director or member of a committee who has any direct or indirect pecuniary or other interest in any matter coming up for consideration at a meeting of the Board or a committee shall, as soon as possible, after the relevant facts or circumstances have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest at such meeting and the disclosure so made shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Board or of the Committee, as the case may be, and no such director or member shall thereafter take any part in any deliberation or decision of the Board or committee with respect to that matter nor shall his presence at such meeting be taken into account for the purpose of determining the quorum for the meeting at the time of such deliberation or voting, and if he does vote, his vote shall be void: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall apply to such director or member of a committee by reason only of his being a 175 shareholder holding not more than two per cent. of the paid-up capital in any public company as defined in the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), or in any other Corporation established by any law for the time being in force in India or in any co-operative society, with which or to which the Corporation has entered into or made, or proposes to enter into or make, a contract, loan, arrangement or proposal.
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