The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015

Section 163 of The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015: Property transactions: effect of subsequent affirmation

(1) If a transaction or arrangement is entered into by a company incontravention of section 158 but within a reasonable period, it is affirmed—
(a) in the case of a contravention of subsection (1) of that section—by resolution of the members of the company; and
(b) in the case of a contravention of subsection (2) of that section—by resolution of the members of the holding company, the transaction or arrangement can no longer be avoided under section 162.
(2) A period that exceeds three months is not a reasonable period for the purposes of subsection (1).

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