Section 140 — Corporations Act 2001: Effect of constitution and replaceable rules

(1) A company’s constitution (if any) and any replaceable rules that apply to the company have effect as a contract: (a) between the company and each member; and (b) between the company and each director and company secretary; and (c) between a member and each other member; under which each person agrees to observe and perform the constitution and rules so far as they apply to that person. (2) Unless a member of a company agrees in writing to be bound, they are not bound by a modification of the constitution made after the date on which they became a member so far as the modification: (a) requires the member to take up additional shares; or (b) increases the member’s liability to contribute to the share capital of, or otherwise to pay money to, the company; or (c) imposes or increases restrictions on the right to transfer the shares already held by the member, unless the modification is made: (i) in connection with the company’s change from a public company to a proprietary company under Part 2B.7; or (ii) to insert proportional takeover approval provisions into the company’s constitution.