All sections · Part VII: Directors · Sub-Part I: Management of companies
132 権限の委譲
This section has been amended. The text above is the 2016 wording; the amending provisions follow.
(1) 会社の取締役会は、会社の覚書または定款の制限に従い、その権限の1つまたは複数を取締役委員会、会社の取締役もしくは従業員、またはその他の者に委任することができる。ただし、取締役は以下の権限を委任する権限を持たない。
(a) 提案された分配の直後に会社がソルベンシーテストを満たしているという第70条(1)または第71条(1)に基づく決定を含め、会社による分配を承認すること。
(b) 覚書または定款の改正 (c) 取締役会の委員会の任命。
(d) 取締役の委員会に権限を委譲すること (e) 取締役を任命または解任すること。
(f) 代表者を任命または解任する。
(g) 計画、合併、統合、アレンジメントを承認すること、または
(h) 会社の自主的な解散を承認することを背景とした
(2) (1)項に基づいて権限を委譲した理事会は、その権限が理事会によって行使されたかのように、委譲者による権限の行使に責任を負う。
(a) 権限の行使前のいかなる時点においても、委任者が、本法および会社の覚書および定款によって会社の取締役に課せられた義務に従って権限を行使するであろうことが、合理的な根拠に基づいて信じられている場合、および
(b) 適切に適用された適切な方法により、委任者の権限の行使を監視する。
第2款 取締役の選任、解任および辞任
(a) 提案された分配の直後に会社がソルベンシーテストを満たしているという第70条(1)または第71条(1)に基づく決定を含め、会社による分配を承認すること。
(b) 覚書または定款の改正 (c) 取締役会の委員会の任命。
(d) 取締役の委員会に権限を委譲すること (e) 取締役を任命または解任すること。
(f) 代表者を任命または解任する。
(g) 計画、合併、統合、アレンジメントを承認すること、または
(h) 会社の自主的な解散を承認することを背景とした
(2) (1)項に基づいて権限を委譲した理事会は、その権限が理事会によって行使されたかのように、委譲者による権限の行使に責任を負う。
(a) 権限の行使前のいかなる時点においても、委任者が、本法および会社の覚書および定款によって会社の取締役に課せられた義務に従って権限を行使するであろうことが、合理的な根拠に基づいて信じられている場合、および
(b) 適切に適用された適切な方法により、委任者の権限の行使を監視する。
第2款 取締役の選任、解任および辞任
Translation for information only. Only the English original is legally binding.
Original wording (English, legally binding): Delegation of powers
(1) Subject to any restrictions in the memorandum or articles of the company,
the board of a company may delegate to a committee of directors, a
director or employee of the company, or to any other person, any one or
more of its powers, except that the directors have no power to delegate
the following powers —
(a) to approve distributions by the company, including to make a
determination under section 70(1) or 71(1) that the company will,
immediately after a proposed distribution, satisfy the solvency
test;
(b) to amend the memorandum or articles;
(c) to designate committees of directors;
(d) to delegate powers to a committee of directors;
(e) to appoint or remove directors;
(f) to appoint or remove an agent;
(g) to approve a plan or merger, consolidation or arrangement; or
(h) to approve the company‘s voluntary winding up under Sub-Part
II or Sub-Part III of Part XVII.
(2) A board that delegates a power under subsection (1) is responsible for the
exercise of the power by the delegate as if the power had been exercised
by the board, unless the board —
(a) believed on reasonable grounds at all times before the exercise of
the power that the delegate would exercise the power in
conformity with the duties imposed on directors of the company
by this Act and the company‘s memorandum and articles; and
(b) has monitored, by means of reasonable methods properly used,
the exercise of the power by the delegate.
the board of a company may delegate to a committee of directors, a
director or employee of the company, or to any other person, any one or
more of its powers, except that the directors have no power to delegate
the following powers —
(a) to approve distributions by the company, including to make a
determination under section 70(1) or 71(1) that the company will,
immediately after a proposed distribution, satisfy the solvency
test;
(b) to amend the memorandum or articles;
(c) to designate committees of directors;
(d) to delegate powers to a committee of directors;
(e) to appoint or remove directors;
(f) to appoint or remove an agent;
(g) to approve a plan or merger, consolidation or arrangement; or
(h) to approve the company‘s voluntary winding up under Sub-Part
II or Sub-Part III of Part XVII.
(2) A board that delegates a power under subsection (1) is responsible for the
exercise of the power by the delegate as if the power had been exercised
by the board, unless the board —
(a) believed on reasonable grounds at all times before the exercise of
the power that the delegate would exercise the power in
conformity with the duties imposed on directors of the company
by this Act and the company‘s memorandum and articles; and
(b) has monitored, by means of reasonable methods properly used,
the exercise of the power by the delegate.
Amended since 2016
Act 32 of 2021 · 2021-08-02
22. The principal Act is amended, by repealing section 132, and
substituting therefor the following section —
Committee of directors
“132.(1) Subject to the memorandum and articles of the
company and to subsection (2), the directors may —
(a) designate one or more committees of directors,
each consisting of one or more directors; and
(b) delegate to the committee one or more of their
powers, including the power to affix the
common seal of the company.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in the memorandum or
articles of the company, the directors shall not delegate to a
committee of directors any power to —
(a) amend the memorandum or articles, including
to change the registered agent or registered
office of the company;
(b) designate committees of directors;
(c) delegate powers to a committee of directors;
(d) appoint or remove directors;
(e) appoint or remove an agent;
(f) approve a plan or merger, consolidation or
arrangement;
(g) approve voluntary winding up of the company
under Sub-Part II or Sub-Part III of Part XVII; or
(h) approve distribution by the company, including
to make a determination under section 70(1) or
71(1) that the company will, immediately after a
proposed distribution, satisfy the solvency test.
(3) Subsection (2)(b) and (c) shall not prevent a
committee of directors, where authorised by the directors, from
appointing a sub-committee and delegating powers exercisable by
the committee to the sub-committee.
(4) The directors who delegate any power under
subsection (1) shall be responsible for the exercise of the power by
the committee as if the power had been exercised by the directors,
unless the directors prove that the exercise of power by the
committee was outside the scope of the delegated authority.”.
substituting therefor the following section —
Committee of directors
“132.(1) Subject to the memorandum and articles of the
company and to subsection (2), the directors may —
(a) designate one or more committees of directors,
each consisting of one or more directors; and
(b) delegate to the committee one or more of their
powers, including the power to affix the
common seal of the company.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in the memorandum or
articles of the company, the directors shall not delegate to a
committee of directors any power to —
(a) amend the memorandum or articles, including
to change the registered agent or registered
office of the company;
(b) designate committees of directors;
(c) delegate powers to a committee of directors;
(d) appoint or remove directors;
(e) appoint or remove an agent;
(f) approve a plan or merger, consolidation or
arrangement;
(g) approve voluntary winding up of the company
under Sub-Part II or Sub-Part III of Part XVII; or
(h) approve distribution by the company, including
to make a determination under section 70(1) or
71(1) that the company will, immediately after a
proposed distribution, satisfy the solvency test.
(3) Subsection (2)(b) and (c) shall not prevent a
committee of directors, where authorised by the directors, from
appointing a sub-committee and delegating powers exercisable by
the committee to the sub-committee.
(4) The directors who delegate any power under
subsection (1) shall be responsible for the exercise of the power by
the committee as if the power had been exercised by the directors,
unless the directors prove that the exercise of power by the
committee was outside the scope of the delegated authority.”.
