Companies Act (Cap. 386)

Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 146

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146. ( 1 ) E v e r y c o m p a n y s h a l l s e n d t o t h e R e g i s t r a r f o r registration a return of any chan ge among its directors, or com pany secretary or in the representation of the company, specifying t he date of the change, together with the name and residence or nam e, registered office and registration number, as the case may be, of any new director or company secretary, within fourteen days from the happening thereof: Provided that the Registrar may, before registering the return, take such steps and require such information as he may deem necessary to ascertain the correctness of the return and to determine whether the provisions of this Act have been complied with: Provided further that the person appointed by an order of the Court or by a competent authority as administrator, legal and, or judicial representativ e or as the person de facto responsible for the management and administration of a company shall, within fourte en (14) days from said appointment, submit to the Registrar for registration a return in the prescribed form specifying the date of appointment, together with the name and residence or service ad dress, or name, registered office and registration number, as the case may be. The said administrator, legal and, or judicial representative o r person de facto responsible for the management and administration of the company shall, within fourteen (1 4) days from resigning or from being removed from the said office, submit to the Registrar for regis tration a return in the prescribed form . (2) If default is made in complying with the provisions of sub- article (1), every officer of the company who is in default sha ll be liable to a penalty, and, for every day during which the defaul t continues, to a further penalty. Joint and several liability of directors for breach of duty.

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