Companies Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Share Capital and Debentures Prospectus
63F. Company to keep register of substantial shareholders [S 44/20] 71
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A public company shall keep a register in which it shall immediately enter -
in alphabetical order, the names of persons from whom it has received a notice under section 63B; and
against each name so entered, the information given in the notice and, where it receives a notice under section 63C or 63D, the information given in that notice.
The register shall be kept -
at the registered office of the public company; or
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if the company does not have a registered office, at the principal place of business of the company in Brunei Darussalam, and shall be open for inspection by a member of the company without charge and by any other person on payment for each inspection of a sum of $2 or such lesser sum as the company requires.
A person may request the company to furnish him with a copy of the register or any part of the register on payment in advance of a sum of $1 or such lesser sum as the company requires for every page or part thereof required to be copied and the company shall send the copy to that person, within 14 days or such longer period as the Registrar thinks fit, after the day on which the request is received by the company.
The Registrar may at any time in writing require the company to furnish him with a copy of the register or any part of the register and the company shall furnish the copy within 7 days after the day on which the requirement is received by the company.
Registrar
"Registrar" means the Registrar of Companies appointed under section 288, and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar;
If default is made in complying with this section, the company and every officer of the company who is in default is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine of $500 for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.
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);
A company is not, by reason of anything done under this
Part -
to be taken for any purpose to have notice of; or
to be put on inquiry as to, a right of a person to or in relation to a share in the company.
VARIATION OF SHAREHOLDERS' RIGHTS
Terms defined in this Act
charge
Defined · s 2"charge" includes a mortgage and any agreement to give or execute a charge or mortgage whether upon demand or otherwise;
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);
place of business
Defined · s 307"place of business" includes a share transfer or share registration ofice;
Registrar
Defined · s 2"Registrar" means the Registrar of Companies appointed under section 288, and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar;
share
Defined · s 2"share" means share in the share capital of a company, and includes stock except where a distinction between stock and shares is expressed or implied;
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