Constitutionality of the Legal Regulation of Disqualification from an Office of a Member of the Statutory Body of a Commercial Corporation
Abstract
In the article the author asks the question whether the disqualification regulation in the Business Corporations Act is consistent with the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, as regards the definition of the range of business corporations that are affected by a possible court decision on disqualification from the performance of the function of a member of the statutory body. The author concludes that the statutory regulation is not in compliance with the Charter because the de lege lata regulation interferes with the right to independent exercise of profession to a greater extent than is strictly necessary and is therefore contrary to the principle of proportionality.
It justifies that conclusion on the ground that the court is not permitted to lay down any conditions under which a disqualified person may act as a member of the statutory body of a corporation in which he or she does not already hold that office, so that the prohibition may apply even to those corporations in which repeated breaches of the specific obligations for which the disqualified person was disqualified are not an option.