# Companies Act 1948, Section 183: Appointment of directors to be voted on individually.


(1) At a general meeting of a company other than a private company, a motion for the appointment of two or more persons as directors of the company by a single resolution shall not be made, unless a resolution that it shall be so made has first been agreed to by the meeting without any vote being given against it.
(2) A resolution moved in contravention of this section shall be void, whether or not its being so moved was objected to at the time:
Provided that—
(a) this subsection shall not be taken as excluding the operation of section one hundred and eighty of this Act; and
(b) where a resolution so moved is passed, no provision for the automatic reappointment of retiring directors in default of another appointment shall apply.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a motion for approving a person's appointment or for nominating a person for appointment shall be treated as a motion for his appointment.
(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to a resolution altering the company's articles.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/38/section/183 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1948/section-183
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