Companies Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Enforcement and General Provisions
311A. Court may compel compliance
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If any person in contravention of this Act, refuses or fails to permit the inspection of any register, minute book or document, or to supply
document
"document" includes summons, notice, order, and other legal process, and registers;
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a copy of any register, minute book or document, the Court may by order compel an immediate inspection of the register, minute book or document, or order the copy to be supplied.
If any officer or former officer of a company has failed or omitted to do any matter or thing which under this Act he is or was required or directed to do, the Court on the application of the Registrar or any member of the company, the Official Receiver or liquidator may, by order, require that officer or former officer to do such act, matter or thing immediately or within such time as is allowed by the order, and for the purpose of complying with any such order a former officer is deemed to have the same status, powers and duties as he had at the time the act, matter or thing should have been done.
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);
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Terms defined in s 2
document
Defined · s 2"document" includes summons, notice, order, and other legal process, and registers;
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);
Registrar
Defined · s 2"Registrar" means the Registrar of Companies appointed under section 288, and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar;