The Problems with legal measures related to jointly signed to call a shareholder meeting under the Public Limited Companies Act B.E.2535 (Via electronic media)

Abstract

In a public limited company, shareholders can participate in the running of the business only through shareholder meetings. Under the Public Limited Companies Act B.E. 2535, a meeting must be held at a specified location and must have the number of attendees required by law. Therefore, when the COVID-19 outbreak occurred, it directly affected the shareholder meeting. In order not to violate the rights of shareholders. The government therefore announced a law to recognize meetings via electronic media. But from the existing law, there are still many legal gaps. Compared to foreign legislation, it has been found that in Australia signing documents related to meetings, including meetings, can be done via electronic form. In the Federal Republic of Germany, a central platform for regulating electronic meetings has not been established. However, all online platforms must have the seals and data protections required by law. In the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, there are plans to launch a national digital platform for virtual meetings. For use by government agencies, organizations, businesses, and the public or even in Thai law in signing a proposal for a law Voters can be invited through electronic media. Agreed that the law should be amended so shareholders can make a book for invite shareholders and can jointly be signed via electronic media in calling a shareholder meeting. To preserve the rights of shareholders Including a platform for controlling meetings via electronic media. It should only be certified and directly regulated by ETDA so that it can be controlled. Easy to check the system and reliable.