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377 Inspections
This section has been amended. The text above is the 2016 wording; the amending provisions follow.
(1) Le Registrar peut, dans le seul but de contrôler et d'évaluer le respect de la présente loi, pendant les heures de bureau normales et moyennant un préavis raisonnable à la Société -.
a) l'accès au siège social d'une société ;
b) d'inspecter les registres que la société doit tenir en vertu de la présente loi ; et
(c) pendant ou à la suite d'une demande d'inspection des déclarations par un administrateur de la société ou par un administrateur de son agent enregistré.
(2) Toute personne qui, de quelque manière que ce soit, obstrue, empêche ou gêne le Registrar ou l'un de ses employés ou agents dans l'exercice de ses fonctions.
Inspection en vertu du présent article commet une infraction et est passible, sur déclaration de culpabilité, d'une amende maximale de 25 000 $.
a) l'accès au siège social d'une société ;
b) d'inspecter les registres que la société doit tenir en vertu de la présente loi ; et
(c) pendant ou à la suite d'une demande d'inspection des déclarations par un administrateur de la société ou par un administrateur de son agent enregistré.
(2) Toute personne qui, de quelque manière que ce soit, obstrue, empêche ou gêne le Registrar ou l'un de ses employés ou agents dans l'exercice de ses fonctions.
Inspection en vertu du présent article commet une infraction et est passible, sur déclaration de culpabilité, d'une amende maximale de 25 000 $.
Translation for information only. Only the English original is legally binding.
Original wording (English, legally binding): Inspections
(1) The Registrar, for the sole purpose of monitoring and assessing
compliance with this Act, may during normal business hours and after
giving reasonable notice to the company —
(a) access a company‘s registered office;
(b) inspect the documents required by this Act to be kept by the
company; and
(c) during or after an inspection request for explanations from any
director of the company or from any director of its registered
agent.
(2) Any person who in any manner impedes, prevents or obstructs the
Registrar, or any of its employees or authorised agents in the conduct of
an inspection under this section commits an offence and is liable upon
conviction to a fine not exceeding US$25,000.
compliance with this Act, may during normal business hours and after
giving reasonable notice to the company —
(a) access a company‘s registered office;
(b) inspect the documents required by this Act to be kept by the
company; and
(c) during or after an inspection request for explanations from any
director of the company or from any director of its registered
agent.
(2) Any person who in any manner impedes, prevents or obstructs the
Registrar, or any of its employees or authorised agents in the conduct of
an inspection under this section commits an offence and is liable upon
conviction to a fine not exceeding US$25,000.
Amended since 2016
Act 32 of 2021 · 2021-08-02
57. Section 377 of the principal Act is amended, —
(i) by inserting after subsection (1), the following subsections —
“(1A) Without prejudice to section 173, a notice given
under subsection (1) may require the company to produce all
or any of its records as defined in section 173 or copies thereof
kept at the company's registered office or in a jurisdiction
outside Seychelles, including —
(a) accounting records;
(b) minutes and resolutions of members kept
under section 125; and
(c) minutes and resolutions of directors kept
under section 156.”.
(1B) For the purposes of sub-section (1), where a
document is not in the English or French language, the
Registrar may request a translation of the records in the
English or French language from the company or from the
registered agent.”;
(ii) in subsection (2), by inserting after the words “this section”
the words “, or fails to comply with subsection (1A) or (1B),”.
(i) by inserting after subsection (1), the following subsections —
“(1A) Without prejudice to section 173, a notice given
under subsection (1) may require the company to produce all
or any of its records as defined in section 173 or copies thereof
kept at the company's registered office or in a jurisdiction
outside Seychelles, including —
(a) accounting records;
(b) minutes and resolutions of members kept
under section 125; and
(c) minutes and resolutions of directors kept
under section 156.”.
(1B) For the purposes of sub-section (1), where a
document is not in the English or French language, the
Registrar may request a translation of the records in the
English or French language from the company or from the
registered agent.”;
(ii) in subsection (2), by inserting after the words “this section”
the words “, or fails to comply with subsection (1A) or (1B),”.
