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Companies Act 2007 · As enacted · Part VII · Management and Administration Registered Office

119. Inspection of company records by shareholders

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

In addition to the records being made available for public inspection under section 120, a company shall keep the following records available for inspection in the manner prescribed in section 121 by a shareholder of the company or by a person authorised in writing by a shareholder for that purpose, who serves a written notice of such intention to inspect the company,:—

(a)

minutes of all meetings and resolutions of shareholders ;

(b)

copies of written communications to all sharehloders or to all holders of a class of shares during the preceding ten years, including annual reports, financial statements, and group financial statements ;

(c)

certificates issued by directors under this Act ; and

(d)

the interests register of the company.

(2)

Where a company fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (1)—

(a)

the company shall guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand rupees ; and

(b)

every officer of the company who is in default shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees.

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Part VIII

Amalgamations

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Part IX

Compromises with Creditors

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Part X

Approval of Arrangements, Amalgamations, and Compromises by Court

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Part XI

Provisions Relating to Offshore Companies

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Part XII

Winding Up

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Part XIII

Administrators Appointment of Administrator

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Part XIV

Floating Charges

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Part XV

Receivers and Managers

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Part XVI

Registrar-General of Companies and Registration Appointment of Officers

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Part XVII

Application of Act to Existing Companies

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Part XVIII

Overseas Companies

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Part XIX

Advisory Commission

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Part XX

Companies Disputes Board

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Part XXI

Offences Miscellaneous Offences

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Part XXII

Miscellaneous Prohibition of Partnership with More Than Twenty Members

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Part XXIII

Repeals and Amendments

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