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CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 251A

Minutes

             (1)  A company must keep minute books in which it records within 1 month:

                     (a)  proceedings and resolutions of meetings of the company's members; and

                     (b)  proceedings and resolutions of directors' meetings (including meetings of a committee of directors); and

                     (c)  resolutions passed by members without a meeting; and

                     (d)  resolutions passed by directors without a meeting; and

                     (e)  if the company is a proprietary company with only 1 director--the making of declarations by the director.

Note:          For resolutions and declarations without meetings, see sections 248A, 248B, 249A and 249B.

             (2)  The company must ensure that minutes of a meeting are signed within a reasonable time after the meeting by 1 of the following:

                     (a)  the chair of the meeting;

                     (b)  the chair of the next meeting.

             (3)  The company must ensure that minutes of the passing of a resolution without a meeting are signed by a director within a reasonable time after the resolution is passed.

             (4)  The director of a proprietary company with only 1 director must sign the minutes of the making of a declaration by the director within a reasonable time after the declaration is made.

             (5)  A company must keep its minute books at:

                     (a)  its registered office; or

                     (b)  its principal place of business in this jurisdiction; or

                     (c)  another place in this jurisdiction approved by ASIC.

          (5A)  An offence based on subsection (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:          For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .

             (6)  A minute that is so recorded and signed is evidence of the proceeding, resolution or declaration to which it relates, unless the contrary is proved.



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