Circulation of notice

Q. Describe the following with regard to circulation of a notice by a company to its members:

(i)  Manner in which notices are forwarded.

(ii) Notice to a foreigner who has not supplied any address within Pakistan for the Purpose.

(iii) Notice to joint-holder.

(iv) Will an accidental omission to give notice would invalidate the proceedings of the meeting?

Ans: Circulation of notice:

(i) A notice is given by a company to any member either personally or by sending it by post to him to his registered address or, if he has no registered address in Pakistan, to the address if any, within Pakistan supplied by him to the company for the giving of notices to him.

(ii) If a member has no registered address in Pakistan, as has not supplied to the company an address within Pakistan for the giving of notices to him, a notice addressed to him or to the shareholders generally and advertised in a newspaper circulating in a Province or part of Pakistan not forming part of a Province in which the registered office of the company is situate shall be deemed to be duly to given to him on the day on which the advertisement appears.

(iii) A notice is given by the company to the joint-holders of a share by giving the notice to the joint-holder named first in the register in respect of the share.

(iv) No, it will not.