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COMPANIES (CO-OPERATIVE) ACT 1943 - SECT 69

69 .         Limited company may have director with unlimited liability

        (1)         In a limited company the liability of the directors or managers or of the managing director may, if so provided by the memorandum, be unlimited.

        (2)         In a limited company in which the liability of a director or manager is unlimited, the directors or the managers of the company (if any), and the member who proposes a person for election or appointment to the office of director or manager, shall add to that proposal a statement that the liability of the person holding that office will be unlimited; and the promoters, directors and managers of the company, or one of them, shall, before the person accepts the office or acts therein, give him notice in writing that his liability will be unlimited.

        (3)         If any director, manager, or proposer makes default in adding such a statement, or if any promoter, director, or manager, makes default in giving such a notice, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $100, and shall also be liable for any damage which the person so elected or appointed may sustain from the default; but the liability of the person elected or appointed shall not be affected by the default.

        [Section 69 amended by No. 113 of 1965 s. 8(1).]



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