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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1948/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-95",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/38",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 1948",
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  "path": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/95",
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  "number": "95",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The directors shall have power at any time, and from time to time, to appoint any person to be a director, either to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing directors, but so that the total number of directors shall not at any time exceed the number fixed in accordance with these regulations. Any director so appointed shall hold office only until the next following annual general meeting, and shall then be eligible for re-election but shall not be taken into account in determining the directors who are to retire by rotation at such meeting.",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:04.638870+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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