All sections · Part VI: Membership · Sub-Part II: Register of members
107 Inspection of register of members
This section has been amended. The text above is the 2016 wording; the amending provisions follow.
(1) A director or member of a company is entitled without charge to inspect
the company‘s register of members.
(2) A person‘s right to inspection under subsection (1) is subject to such
reasonable notice or other restrictions as the company may by its articles
or by resolution of directors impose, but so that not less than 2 hours in
each business day be allowed for inspection.
(3) A person with the right to inspection under subsection (1) is entitled to
request a copy of the company‘s register of members or an extract of it,
in which event the company may charge a reasonable copying fee.
(4) If an inspection under subsection (1) is refused, or if a copy document
requested under subsection (3) is not made available within 21 business
days of the request —
(a) the company commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a
fine not exceeding US$5,000; and
(b) the aggrieved person may apply to the Court for an order that he
should be permitted to inspect the register or that a copy of the
register or an extract of it be provided to him.
(5) On an application under subsection (4), the Court may make such orders
as it considers just.
the company‘s register of members.
(2) A person‘s right to inspection under subsection (1) is subject to such
reasonable notice or other restrictions as the company may by its articles
or by resolution of directors impose, but so that not less than 2 hours in
each business day be allowed for inspection.
(3) A person with the right to inspection under subsection (1) is entitled to
request a copy of the company‘s register of members or an extract of it,
in which event the company may charge a reasonable copying fee.
(4) If an inspection under subsection (1) is refused, or if a copy document
requested under subsection (3) is not made available within 21 business
days of the request —
(a) the company commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a
fine not exceeding US$5,000; and
(b) the aggrieved person may apply to the Court for an order that he
should be permitted to inspect the register or that a copy of the
register or an extract of it be provided to him.
(5) On an application under subsection (4), the Court may make such orders
as it considers just.
Amended since 2016
Act 32 of 2021 · 2021-08-02
17. Section 107 of the principal Act is amended —
(i) in subsection (1), by repealing the words “a company”, and
substituting therefor the words “a company, in person or by
attorney,”;
(ii) in subsection (4), by repealing the words “a company”, and
substituting therefor the words “a company, in person or by
attorney,”;
(iii) in subsection (4), in paragraph (b), by repealing the words
“provided to him”, and substituting therefor the words
“provided to him, within 90 days from the date of refusal”.
(i) in subsection (1), by repealing the words “a company”, and
substituting therefor the words “a company, in person or by
attorney,”;
(ii) in subsection (4), by repealing the words “a company”, and
substituting therefor the words “a company, in person or by
attorney,”;
(iii) in subsection (4), in paragraph (b), by repealing the words
“provided to him”, and substituting therefor the words
“provided to him, within 90 days from the date of refusal”.
