Companies Act (Cap. 386)
Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 404
404. (1) The Registrar may by letter of authority appoint one
or more inspectors to investigate the affairs of a company and to
report thereon in such manner as he may direct.
(2) The appointment may be made at the request of at least two
hundred members or of members holding at least one-tenth of the
issued share capital, or at t he request of the company.
(3) The request shall be supported by such evidence as the
Registrar may require for the pur pose of showing that the perso n or
persons making the request have good reason for requiring the
investigation.
(4) The Registrar may, before appointing inspectors, require
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the person or persons making the request to give such security as he
may require for payment of the expenses of the investigation.
(5) The Registrar may exercise the powers conferred by this
article with respect to a company notwithstanding that it is in the
course of being wound up voluntarily.
(6) The Registrar shall exercis e the powers conferred by this
article where it appears to him that it is expedient and in the public
interest to do so.
Other company
investigations.
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