(1)
Any provision contained in a company’s articles is void if it would have the effect of—
(a)
excluding the right to demand a poll at a general meeting on any question other than the election of the chairman of the meeting or the adjournment of the meeting ; or
(b)
making ineffective a demand for a poll on any such question which is made by any of the persons mentioned in section 248 of this Act.
(2)
The instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a meeting of a company is also deemed also to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll, and for the purposes of subsection (1), a demand by a person as proxy for a member is the same as a demand by the member.
(3)
Notwithstanding section 248 of this Act and subsections (1) and (2) of this section, there shall be no right to demand a poll on the election of members of the audit committee under section 404 of this Act.