2017 US Code
Title 12 - Banks and Banking
Chapter 2 - National Banks
Subchapter III - Directors
Sec. 75 - Legal holiday, annual meeting on; proceedings where no election held on proper day

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Citation 12 U.S.C. § 75 (2017)
Section Name §75. Legal holiday, annual meeting on; proceedings where no election held on proper day
Section Text

When the day fixed in the bylaws for the regular annual meeting of the shareholders falls on a legal holiday in the State in which the bank is located, the shareholders meeting shall be held, and the directors elected, on the next following banking day. If, from any cause, an election of directors is not made on the day fixed, or in the event of a legal holiday, on the next following banking day, an election may be held on any subsequent day within sixty days of the day fixed, to be designated by the board of directors, or, if the directors fail to fix the day, by shareholders representing two-thirds of the shares, at least ten days' notice thereof in all cases having been given by first-class mail to the shareholders.

Source Credit

(R.S. §5149; Pub. L. 86–230, §9, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 457; Pub. L. 88–232, §2, Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 472.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

R.S. §5149 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, §10, 13 Stat. 102, which was the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1963—Pub. L. 88–232 substituted "bylaws" for "articles of association".

1959—Pub. L. 86–230 provided that when the day fixed for the regular annual meeting of the shareholders falls on a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next following banking day and authorized election of directors to be held within sixty days of a fixed day upon ten days' notice to the shareholders by first-class mail instead of upon thirty days' notice in newspaper and at a date designated in the articles or bylaws or by the shareholders.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 2 - NATIONAL BANKS
SUBCHAPTER III - DIRECTORS
Sec. 75 - Legal holiday, annual meeting on; proceedings where no election held on proper day
Contains section 75
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 13 Stat. 102
73 Stat. 457
77 Stat. 472
Public Law References Public Law 86-230, Public Law 88-232
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