Section 287: Mode of voting on appointment of directors.

(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 resolution that it shall be 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 is 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 286 of this Act; and
(b) where a resolution so moved is passed, no provision for automatic re-appointment of retiring directors in default of another appointment applies.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a motion for approving a person’s appointment or for nominating a person for appointment is treated as a motion for his appointment.
(4) Nothing in this section applies to a resolution altering the company’s articles.