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Title: Cooperatives Act CH
Category: Ministry of the Interior(內政部)
Chapter 5 Meetings
Article 45
The meetings of a cooperative shall be convened pursuant to the following provisions:
1. General meeting of members shall be convened at least once every year;
2. Meeting of the cooperative affairs shall be convened at least once every six months;
3. Meeting of the board of directors shall be convened at least once every three months;
4. Meeting of the board of supervisors shall be convened at least once every three months.
Article 46
The general meeting of members shall be convened by the board of directors.
A written notice indicating the causes for convening the meeting and the proposed topics shall be sent to the members seven days before the meeting is held.
Article 47
Where necessary, the board of directors may call extraordinary meetings of the general meeting of members. With the consent of more than one fourth of the members, a written application marked with the proposed topics and the causes may be submitted to request the board of directors to call an extraordinary temporary meeting of the general meeting of members.
If the board of directors doesn’t give a notice for calling the extraordinary meeting within ten days after the application as referred to in the above paragraph has been submitted, the members may call the meeting by themselves after having reported to the competent authority.
Article 48
The general meeting of members may be opened only with the attendance of more than a half of the members, and the resolutions requires the consent of more than a half of the present members.
Article 49
In a general meeting of members, each member can take only one vote. However, if a member is a judicial person, its right to vote shall be executed by the representatives and each representative shall take one vote. The number of the representatives shall be determined according to the bylaw, and shall be not more than five.
Article 49-1
Where the procedure of calling a general meeting of members or the resolution method infringes law or the bylaw, the members may, within one month after a resolution is made, request in writing the competent authority to cancel the resolution. However, this is not applicable where the present members don’t express opposition on the spot against the procedure or the resolution method.
Article 50
Where a member cannot attend the general meeting of members, he/she may entrust in writing another member to represent him. A representative may not act as the agent of more than one member.
Article 51
Where a meeting of the general meeting of members fails twice, the board of directors may prepare the matters to be discussed in written form, and request all the members to take a vote by correspondence within a certain time limit, and the time limit shall be not less than ten days.
Article 52
The cooperative affairs meeting shall be convened by the board of directors; and the chairperson shall be elected by and from the directors and supervisors.
A cooperative affairs meeting may be opened only with the attendance of two thirds of all the directors and supervisors, and a resolution requires the consent of more than a half of the present directors and supervisors. The clerks and technicians may attend the meeting as non-voting delegates to present their opinions.
Article 53
A meeting of the board of directors shall be convened by the chairperson.
A meeting of the board of directors may be opened only with the attendance of more than a half of all the directors, and a resolution requires the consent of more than a half of the present directors and supervisors.
The chairperson of the board of directors shall be elected by and from the directors.
Article 54
The provision of the above article is also applicable to meeting of the board of supervisors.