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Prohibition of minor being director or secretary
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131. (1) No person shall be appointed a director or, in the case of an individual, secretary of a company unless he or she has attained the age of 18 years.
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(2) Any purported appointment of a minor as a director of a company shall be void.
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(3) Where—
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(a) a person appointed a director of a company before the commencement of subsection (1) has not attained the age of 18 years when that subsection is commenced; or
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(b) the office of director of a company is held otherwise by virtue of another office, and the person appointed to that other office has not attained the age of 18 years when subsection (1) is commenced,
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that person ceases to be a director of the company on the commencement of subsection (1) and the company shall make the necessary consequential alteration in its register of directors and shall notify the Registrar of the change.
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