All sections · Part VII: Directors · Sub-Part I: Management of companies
132 delegering av befogenheter
This section has been amended. The text above is the 2016 wording; the amending provisions follow.
(1) Med förbehåll för eventuella begränsningar i bolagets stiftelseurkund eller bolagsordning får ett bolags styrelse delegera en eller flera av sina befogenheter till en styrelsekommitté, en styrelseledamot eller anställd i bolaget eller till någon annan person, med undantag för att styrelseledamöterna inte ska ha befogenhet att delegera följande befogenheter - nämligen
(a) Godkänna utdelningar från bolaget, inklusive ett fastställande enligt avsnitt 70(1) eller 71(1) att bolaget uppfyller solvenskravet omedelbart efter en föreslagen utdelning;
b) ändra stiftelseurkunden eller bolagsordningen, c) utse styrelsens kommittéer;
(d) delegera befogenheter till en styrelsekommitté, (e) utse eller avsätta styrelseledamöter;
f) utse eller avsätta en företrädare;
g) godkänna en plan eller en fusion, konsolidering eller ett arrangemang, eller
(h) godkännande av bolagets frivilliga upplösning i samband med
(2) En nämnd som delegerar en befogenhet enligt underavsnitt (1) är ansvarig för delegatens utövande av befogenheten som om befogenheten hade utövats av nämnden, såvida inte nämnden -
(a) vid varje tidpunkt före utövandet av befogenheten, att delegaten skulle utöva befogenheten i enlighet med de skyldigheter som åligger bolagets styrelseledamöter enligt denna lag och bolagets stiftelseurkund och bolagsordning, och att det finns rimliga skäl att tro att delegaten skulle utöva befogenheten, och
b) Kontrollerat delegatens myndighetsutövning genom lämpliga metoder som tillämpats på ett korrekt sätt.
Underavsnitt II - Utnämning, avsättning och avgång av styrelseledamöter
(a) Godkänna utdelningar från bolaget, inklusive ett fastställande enligt avsnitt 70(1) eller 71(1) att bolaget uppfyller solvenskravet omedelbart efter en föreslagen utdelning;
b) ändra stiftelseurkunden eller bolagsordningen, c) utse styrelsens kommittéer;
(d) delegera befogenheter till en styrelsekommitté, (e) utse eller avsätta styrelseledamöter;
f) utse eller avsätta en företrädare;
g) godkänna en plan eller en fusion, konsolidering eller ett arrangemang, eller
(h) godkännande av bolagets frivilliga upplösning i samband med
(2) En nämnd som delegerar en befogenhet enligt underavsnitt (1) är ansvarig för delegatens utövande av befogenheten som om befogenheten hade utövats av nämnden, såvida inte nämnden -
(a) vid varje tidpunkt före utövandet av befogenheten, att delegaten skulle utöva befogenheten i enlighet med de skyldigheter som åligger bolagets styrelseledamöter enligt denna lag och bolagets stiftelseurkund och bolagsordning, och att det finns rimliga skäl att tro att delegaten skulle utöva befogenheten, och
b) Kontrollerat delegatens myndighetsutövning genom lämpliga metoder som tillämpats på ett korrekt sätt.
Underavsnitt II - Utnämning, avsättning och avgång av styrelseledamöter
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.”.
