Voting by post

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the instruments constituting, or in the articles of association or other rules of any insurance company not having shareholders, the company shall, within one year after it is licensed under this Act, make arrangements for the– (a) establishment of a postal voters’ roll relating to voting in contested elections of directors of the company or on questions as to the alterations of the instruments constituting the company or of the articles of association or other rules of the company; (b) enrolment on the postal voter’s roll of any member of the company entitled to vote in such elections or on such questions who applies to be so enrolled; (c) voting by post in any such election or on any such question by every member so enrolled; and (d) making of inspections of the postal voters’ roll and the taking of copies of, or extracts from, the roll, on and after the close of nominations and before the close of the voting in any such election, by any person nominated for election as a director of the company, and all regular votes of members given in pursuance of any such arrangements shall be valid and effectual for all purposes. (2) Where a member of an insurance company enrolled on the postal voters’ roll of the company fails to exercise his right to vote by post on three consecutive occasions on which he is entitled so to vote, the company may remove his name from the roll, but the member shall be eligible for re-enrolment. 161 (3) This section does not apply to a company which is incorporated outside Belize.