Companies Act · s 3101
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If a company or foreign company knows or has reasonable grounds to believe that any of the particulars of a registrable controller that are stated in the company's or foreign company's register is incorrect, the company or foreign company shall give notice to the registrable controller to confirm whether the particulars are correct and, if not, to provide the correct particulars.
A company or foreign company shall give the notice mentioned in subsection (1) within such period as may be prescribed after it first knows or first has reasonable grounds to believe that the information is incorrect.
Section 310G(3)(a) and (b) applies to a notice under this section as it applies to a notice under that section.
Subsection (1) does not require a company or foreign company to give notice to any person in respect of any information that was previously provided by that person or by his agent authorised in writing.
If a company or foreign company fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2), or section 310G(3)(a) and (b) as applied by subsection (3), the company or foreign company, and every officer of the company or foreign company who is in default, shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
An addressee of a notice under subsection (1) who fails to comply with the notice within the time specified in the notice for compliance a is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$5,000.
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Duty of Controller to provide information [S 37/2020]