Companies Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Restrictions on Sale of Shares and Offers of Shares for Sale
310M. Power to enforce
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Registrar or any officer authorised by him in writing in that behalf may -
Registrar
"Registrar" means the Registrar of Companies appointed under section 288, and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar;
require a company or foreign company to which this Part applies to produce its register, its register of nominee directors and any other document relating to those registers or the keeping of those registers;
inspect, examine and make copies of the registers and any document so produced; and
make such inquiry as may be necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of this Part are complied with.
Where any register or documents as are mentioned in subsection (1) are kept in electronic form -
the power of the Registrar or such authorised officer in subsection (l)(a) to require the register or any document to be produced includes the power to require a copy of the register or document to be made available in legible form and subsection
is to accordingly apply in relation to any copy so made available; and
the power of the Registrar or any such authorised officer in subsection (I)@) to inspect the register or any document includes the power to require any person on the premises in question to give the Registrar or the authorised officer such assistance as the Registrar or the authorised officer may reasonably require to enable the Registrar or the authorised officer to inspect and make copies of the register or document in legible from, and to make records of the information contained in them.
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The powers conferred on the Registrar or such authorised officer under subsections (1) and (2) may be exercised by a public agency to enable the public agency to administer or enforce any written law.
officer
"officer", in relation to a corporation, includes - (a) any director or secretary of the corporation or a person employed in an executive capacity by the corporation; @) a receiver and manager of any part of the undertaking of the corporation appointed under a power contained in any instrument; and (c) any liquidator of a company appointed in a voluntary winding up, but does not include - (i) any receiver who is not also a manager; (ii) any receiver and manager appointed by the Court; (iii) any liquidator appointed by the Court or by the creditors; and (iv) an Executive Manager appointed by the Minister under section 230(1) of the Insolvency Order, 2016 (S 112016);
Any person who fails to comply with any requirement imposed under subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
Central register of controllers [S 37/2020]
Terms defined in s 2
document
Defined · s 2"document" includes summons, notice, order, and other legal process, and registers;
foreign company
Defined · s 2"foreign company" means any company incorporated outside Brunei Darussalam which has established a place of business in Brunei Darussalam under Part 9;
officer
Defined · s 2"officer", in relation to a corporation, includes - (a) any director or secretary of the corporation or a person employed in an executive capacity by the corporation; @) a receiver and manager of any part of the undertaking of the corporation appointed under a power contained in any instrument; and (c) any liquidator of a company appointed in a voluntary winding up, but does not include - (i) any receiver who is not also a manager; (ii) any receiver and manager appointed by the Court; (iii) any liquidator appointed by the Court or by the creditors; and (iv) an Executive Manager appointed by the Minister under section 230(1) of the Insolvency Order, 2016 (S 112016);
public agency
Defined · s 2"public agency" includes - (a) the Government, including any ministry, department or agency; (b) any board, commission, committee or similar body, whether corporate or unincorporated, established by or under any written law for a public functions; (c) any other board, commission, committee or similar body appointed by the Government or by statutory body, for a public purpose;
Registrar
Defined · s 2"Registrar" means the Registrar of Companies appointed under section 288, and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar;
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