Section 70, Cap. 287

The appointment of a proxy shall be by an instrument in commonform or in any form approved by the Directors and shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or his attorney duly authorised in writing or if such appointment is by a government or corporation under the hand of some officer duly authorised in that behalf but any member of the Company (including a corporation) whose address as shown by entry in the register of members is outside Sierra Leone may appoint a proxy by cable. The instrument or cable appointing a proxy may contain a direction to the proxy to vote for or against a particular resolution or resolutions but unless such a direction be given the proxy may vote as he thinks fit and an instrument or cable appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the power to demand or to join or concur in demanding a poll on behalf of the appointor.