Companies Act 2007 · As enacted · Part VII · Management and Administration Registered Office
223. Register of directors and secretaries
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Every company shall keep at its registered office or at such other place as may be notified to the Registrar under section 116, a register of its directors and secretaries containing with respect to each of them, the following particulars :—
in the case of an individual, the present name and surname, any former name or surname, usual residential address and business occupation;
in the case of a secretary which is a corporation, its corporate name and registered or principal office.
The company shall ensure that notice in the prescribed form of—
a change in the directors or the secretary of the company; or
a change in the particulars contained in the register in respect of a director or secretary of the company, is delivered to the Registrar for registration.
A notice under subsection (2) shall—
specify the date of the change;
in the case of the appointment of a new director or secretary, have annexed to the notice the form of consent and certificate required under section 203
or subsection (2) of section 211, as the case may be;
and
be delivered to the Registrar within twenty working days of—
the change occurring, in the case of the appointment or resignation of a director or secretary; or
the company first becoming aware of the change, in the case of the death of a director or secretary or a change in the particulars contained in the register in respect of a director or secretary.
Where a company fails to comply with this section—
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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