Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 - SECT 23

Procedure at general meetings

23. Procedure at general meetings



(1) Subject to subsection (5), a member may attend and vote at a general
meeting in person only.

(2) Unless on any question submitted at a general meeting to a vote a poll is
demanded by not less than five persons present, or by any person or persons
entitled to exercise not less than one-tenth of the total votes of those
present, every member present shall be entitled to one vote only, and a
resolution shall be carried if a majority of the votes is in favour thereof.

(3) If a poll is demanded in accordance with subsection (2), the number of
votes to which each member is entitled shall be determined by the number of
shares he owns.

(4) The quorum for a general meeting shall be one-half of the persons entitled
to vote at the meeting who are residents of the reserve on the day the meeting
was called in accordance with section 22(4).

(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act-

   (a)  an infant member shall not be entitled to vote at any general meeting;

   (b)  where any member is by any rule of law disabled from dealing with his
        property, any vote ordinarily exercisable by the member at a general
        meeting shall not be exercised by him, but any person who is for the
        time being authorized by law to control the property of the person so
        disabled may attend and exercise the vote in his place; and

   (c)  where the Crown or a corporation is entitled to exercise any vote at a
        general meeting, any person authorized to represent the Crown or the
        corporation at the meeting may attend and vote on behalf of the Crown
        or the corporation.

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