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Provisions as to voting

Co-Operative Society Rules, r. 29 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) At any meeting a resolution put to the vote shall be decided on a show of hands unless voting by call of names or a ballot is demanded by at least five of the members present before the declaration of the result of the show of hands, and in such case voting by call of names or a ballot shall be taken as the case may be. (2) The Chairman shall have an ordinary vote and in case of an equality of votes shall be entitled to a casting vote. In the case of a meeting convened by the Registrar and presided over by him or his representative, he or his representative shall not be entitled to vote except on an equality of votes, in which case they shall have a casting vote. (3) In respect of every resolution put to the vote the Chairman shall declare whether it has been carried or lost, and whether on a show of hands or unanimously or by a particular majority, and 14 an entry to that effect in the minute book shall be conclusive evidence of anything therein.
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