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Part VII · Management and Administration Registered Office

124. Place of share register

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

(1)

The share register of a company may, if expressly permitted by the articles, be divided into two or more registers kept in different places.

(2)

The principal register shall be kept in Sri Lanka.

(3)

Where a share register is divided into two or more registers kept in different places—

(a)

notice of the place where each register is kept shall be delivered to the Registrar within ten working days after the share register is so divided, or the place where a register is kept is altered ;

(b)

a copy of every register shall be kept at the place where the principal register is kept ; and

(c)

if an entry is made in a register other than in the principal register, a corresponding entry shall be made within ten working days in the copy of that register kept with the principal register.

(4)

Where the share register is not divided and the principal register is not kept at the registered office of the company, notice of the place where it is kept shall be delivered to the Registrar within ten working days after it ceases to be kept there or after the place at which it is kept is altered.

(5)

In this section, “principal register” in relation to a company, means—

(a)

if the share register is not divided into two or more registers, the share register ;

(b)

if the share register is divided into two or more registers, the register described as the principal registers in the last notice sent to the Registrar.

(6)

Where a company fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (3) or subsection (4)—

(a)

the company shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one 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 fifty thousand rupees.

Part VIII

Amalgamations

Part IX

Compromises with Creditors

Part X

Approval of Arrangements, Amalgamations, and Compromises by Court

Part XI

Provisions Relating to Offshore Companies

Part XII

Winding Up

Part XIII

Administrators Appointment of Administrator

Part XIV

Floating Charges

Part XV

Receivers and Managers

Part XVI

Registrar-General of Companies and Registration Appointment of Officers

Part XVII

Application of Act to Existing Companies

Part XVIII

Overseas Companies

Part XIX

Advisory Commission

Part XX

Companies Disputes Board

Part XXI

Offences Miscellaneous Offences

Part XXII

Miscellaneous Prohibition of Partnership with More Than Twenty Members

Part XXIII

Repeals and Amendments

Schedules