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(1)Every register of holders of debentures of a company shall, except when duly closed F1 . . ., be open to the inspection—
(a)of the registered holder of any such debentures or any holder of shares in the company without fee; and
(b)of any other person on payment of [F2such fee as may be prescribed].
(2)Any such registered holder of debentures or holder of shares, or any other person, may require a copy of the register of the holders of debentures of the company or any part of it, on payment of [F3such fee as may be prescribed].
(3)A copy of any trust deed for securing an issue of debentures shall be forwarded to every holder of any such debentures at his request on payment [F4of such fee as may be prescribed]— F5
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(4)If inspection is refused, or a copy is refused or not forwarded, the company and every officer of it who is in default is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.
(5)Where a company is in default as above-mentioned, the court may by order compel an immediate inspection of the register or direct that the copies required be sent to the person requiring them.
(6)For purposes of this section, a register is deemed to be duly closed if closed in accordance with provisions contained in the articles or in the debentures or, in the case of debenture stock, in the stock certificates, or in the trust deed or other document securing the debentures or debenture stock, during such period or periods, not exceeding in the whole 30 days in any year, as may be therein specified.
(7)Liability incurred by a company from the making or deletion of an entry in its register of debenture holders, or from a failure to make or delete any such entry, is not enforceable more than 20 years after the date on which the entry was made or deleted or, in the case of any such failure, the failure first occurred.
This is without prejudice to any lesser period of limitation.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 191(1) repealed (01.11.1991) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 143(4)(a), 212, 213(2), Sch. 24; S.I. 1991/1996, art. 2(2)(b)(c).
F2Words in s. 191(1)(b) substituted (01.11.1991) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 143(4)(a), 213(2); S.I. 1991/1996, art. 2(2)(b).
F3Words in s. 191(2) substituted (01.11.1991) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 143(4)(b), 213(2); S.I. 1991/1996, art. 2(2)(b).
F4Words in s. 191(3) inserted (01.11.1991) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 143(4)(c), 213(2); S.I. 1991/1996, art. 2(2)(b).
F5S. 191(3)(a)(b) repealed (01.11.1991) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 143(4)(c), 212, 213(2), Sch. 24; S.I. 1991/1996, art. 2(2)(b)(c).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 191 excluded (26.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3755, reg. 23(4), Sch. 4 para. 14(2) (with regs. 39, 45)
C2S. 191 modified (12.2.1992) by S.I. 1992/225, reg. 16, Sch. 2 para.2.
C3S. 191(1) explained (1.11.1991) by S.I. 1991/1998, reg. 3(1).
S. 191(1) amended (1.11.1991) by S.I. 1991/1998, reg. 4(2)(b).
C4S. 191(1)(2)(4)(5) applied (26.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3755, reg. 23(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(5) (with regs. 39, 45)
C5S. 191(2) amended (1.11.1991) by S.I. 1991/1998, reg. 4(3)(b).
C6S. 191(4) extended (12.2.1992) by S.I. 1992/225, reg. 91(2).
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