Western Australian Numbered Acts

CO-OPERATIVES ACT 2009 (NO. 24 OF 2009) - SECT 194

194 .         Decision at meetings

        (1)         Unless subsection (4) requires it to be determined by a poll, a question for decision at a general meeting is to be determined by a show of hands.

        (2)         A proxy may exercise only one vote on a question determined by a show of hands.

        (3)         A proxy may exercise more than one vote on a question determined by a poll.

        (4)         A question is to be determined by a poll if —

            (a)         5 members, present in person at the meeting or represented at the meeting by a proxy, demand the poll; or

            (b)         the chairman directs that the question will be determined by poll.

        (5)         In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of the meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded may exercise a casting vote if the rules so provide.