The Companies Act, 1956
258. Right of company to increase or reduce the number of directors.
258. Right of company to increase or reduce the number of directors.1[***] Subject to the provisions of sections 252, 255 and 259, a company in general meeting may, by ordinary resolution, increase or reduce the number of its directors within the limits fixed in that behalf by its articles.
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1. The brackets and figure “(1)” omitted by Act 36 of 1957, sec. 3 and Sch. II.