Bank of Bombay Act, 1840, 3 of 1840 (Rep., Bom. Act 10 of 1863)

Section XII. And it is hereby enacted, that the first Director of the said Bank of Bombay shall be such three per

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XII. And it is hereby enacted, that the first Director of the said Bank of Bombay shall be such three persons as may be appointed by the Governor in Council of Bombay to be Directors of the Bank, together with six persons of those whose names are inserted in the Schedule annexed to this Act, and who, being entitled to not less than twelve shares of Twelve Thousand Rupees of the Capital Stock of the said Bank, shall be elected at a General Meeting of the persons whose names are inserted in the said Schedule, to be held in the Town Hall of Bombay, at such time as the Governor in Council of Bombay may fix by public Notification in the Official Gazette of that Presidency; and the election shall be made by the persons who according to the Schedule hereunto annexed may be entitled to shares of the Capital Stock of the Bank, and the said persons shall vote at such election in person or by proxy according to the quantity of Stock respectively held by them, as if they were Proprietors to all intents and purposes of the shares for which they are entitled to subscribe, and the Directors so appointed shall appoint Officers, and take all necessary steps for opening the Bank when this Act shall take effect for its incorporation; and the rotation amongst the six Directors first appointed under the next preceding Section, shall be established according to the number of votes; the two Directors elected by the fewest votes first vacating, and the next two in the year following, and so in succession in the third year.

Source: India Code