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### 11C Company may object to direction by members
> [*\[Section 11C Inserted by No. 18 of 2025, s. 8, Applied:01 Jan 2026\]*](/view/html/inforce/2026-01-01/act-2025-018#GS8@EN)
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> > (1) Within 21 days after receiving a copy of a direction, or a copy of a written notice of an amendment or revocation of such a direction, under [section 11B(5)](#GS11B@Gs5@EN) , a board of directors or a subsidiary board may object to the direction, or its amendment or revocation, on any ground.
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> > (2) An objection under [subsection (1)](#GS11C@Gs1@EN) is to –
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> > > > (a) be made in writing to the members of the company; and
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> > > > (b) specify the grounds of the objection.
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> > (3) If the members receive an objection under [subsection (1)](#GS11C@Gs1@EN) in respect of a direction –
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> > > > (a) the members, within 10 days after receiving the objection, are to notify the relevant board, in writing, that the members –
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> > > > > > (i) intend to amend or revoke the direction in accordance with [section 11B](#GS11B@EN) ; or
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> > > > > > (ii) do not intend to amend or revoke the direction; and
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> > > > (b) if the members notify the relevant board under [paragraph (a)(i)](#GS11C@Gs3@Hpa@Hqi@EN) that the direction is to be amended or revoked, the direction is of no effect until it is so amended or revoked; and
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> > > > (c) if the members notify the relevant board under paragraph (a)(ii) that the direction is not to be amended or revoked –
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> > > > > > (i) the Minister must cause a copy of the objection to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 5 sitting-days after the members received the objection; and
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> > > > > > (ii) if the Minister fails to table a copy of the objection under this paragraph, the direction is void.