Chairman of general meetings
17(1)The chairman, if any, of the directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company, or if there is no such chairman or if he is not present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is unwilling to act, a deputy chairman of the directors shall preside, or, if there is no deputy chairman or no deputy chairman is present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or the deputy chairman is unwilling to act, the directors present shall elect one of their number to be chairman of the meeting, or, if there is only one director present, such director shall preside as chairman of the meeting.
(2)If at any general meeting no director is willing to act as chairman or if no director is present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the members present and entitled to vote shall elect one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.