C4C1C2Part 25Company charges

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. 25 excluded (17.2.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 21.2.2009) by Banking Act 2001 (c. 1), s. 252(1) (with s. 247); S.I. 2009/296, arts. 2, 3, Sch.

F1F1Chapter 1Companies registered in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland

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Companies' records and registers

C3876Company's register of charges

1

Every limited company shall keep available for inspection a register of charges and enter in it—

a

all charges specifically affecting property of the company, and

b

all floating charges on the whole or part of the company's property or undertaking.

2

The entry shall in each case give a short description of the property charged, the amount of the charge and, except in the cases of securities to bearer, the names of the persons entitled to it.

3

If an officer of the company knowingly and wilfully authorises or permits the omission of an entry required to be made in pursuance of this section, he commits an offence.

4

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

a

on conviction on indictment, to a fine;

b

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.