Section 142 — Canada Business Corporations Act: Resolution in lieu of meeting
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Except where a written statement is submitted by a director under subsection 110(2) or by an auditor under subsection 168(5), a resolution in writing signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of shareholders is as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the shareholders; and a resolution in writing dealing with all matters required by this Act to be dealt with at a meeting of shareholders, and signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote at that meeting, satisfies all the requirements of this Act relating to meetings of shareholders. A copy of every resolution referred to in subsection (1) shall be kept with the minutes of the meetings of shareholders. Unless a ballot is demanded, an entry in the minutes of a meeting to the effect that the chairperson of the meeting declared a resolution to be carried or defeated is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution.
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