Companies Act 2007 · As enacted · Part VII · Management and Administration Registered Office
126. Index of shareholders
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Every company having more than fifty shareholders shall, (unless the share register is in such a form as to constitute in itself an index) keep an index of the names of the shareholders of the company and shall within ten working days from the date on which any alteration is made in the share register, make any necessary alteration in the index.
The index shall in respect of each shareholder, contain sufficient indication enabling the account of that shareholder in the register to be readily found.
Where an index kept under this section contains the name of a company to which subsection (2) of section 129
applies, there shall be annexed to the index all written notices given by that company relating to the person or persons for whose benefit the shares registered in the name of that company are held in trust.
Where a company fails to comply with subsection (1), subsection (2) or subsection (3)—
the company shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees ; and
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.
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