Download Law and Procedure of Meetings KASNEB Notes
CS PART 2 SECTION 4
COURSE OUTLINE
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
This paper is intended to equip the candidate with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable him/her to prepare and manage meetings in both public and private sectors.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
A candidate who passes this paper should be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the law and procedure of meetings
- Plan and manage meetings in various environments including at county levels
- Support the Chairman undertake his/her responsibilities during the meeting
- Relate with various stakeholders during meetings.
CONTENT
Meetings in general
- Meaning of a meeting
- Types of meetings; private and private
- Maintaining order at meetings
- Police powers in relation to public and private meetings
- Meetings held in public places
- Meetings held in private places
- Use of information communication technology in meetings
Conduct and management of meetings
- Convention, constitution and conduct of meetings
- Requisite of a valid meeting motions
- Voting
- Resolutions
- Elections
- Adjournments and postponement
The Chairperson
- Qualifications, qualities and appointment
- Powers, duties and privileges
- Removal of chairperson
Meetings of directors
- Meaning and importance of board of directors
- Powers of boards
- Restrictions on directors’ powers
- First board meeting
- Subsequent board meetings and meetings of committees of directors
Download Law and Procedure of Meetings KASNEB Notes
Conduct and management of board meetings and committees
- Requisites of valid board meetings and committees of directors’ meetings
- Legal provisions regarding convening and management of board meetings and committees of directors’ meeting (including audit committee )
- The role of the secretary before, during and after board meeting and committees of directors’ meeting
- Resolutions
- Minutes
- Validation of acts of directors
Company meetings
- Meaning, nature and scope of company meetings.
- Statutory meeting
- Annual general meeting
- general meeting
- Class meetings
- Meetings of debenture holders
- Duties of the secretary before, during and after general meeting
Law of defamation relating to meetings
- Nature and scope of law of defamation relating to the meetings
- Defamatory statements
- Defences
- Legal remedies
Meetings in company liquidation
- Voluntary winding up
- Winding up by the court
Meetings of National Assembly
- Standing orders
- Meetings of the House
- Swearing in of members and election of Speaker
- Sittings and adjournment of the House
- Quorum of the House
- Order of Business
- Motions and Amendments
- Divisions
- Rules of Debate
- Limitations of Debate
Meetings of County Assembly
- Swearing in of members and election of speaker
- Sittings and adjournments of the Assembly
- Quorum of the Assembly
- Order of business
- Motions
- Voting and divisions
- Rules of debate
