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(13) If no office of the company has been registered, copies of the letter referred to in sub-section (7) shall be sent by the registrar of companies by registered post to each of the persons who subscribed the memo- randum of the company at the respective addresses given therein.
(14) Nothing in this section shall apply to—
(a) a private company; or
(b) a company registered before the first day of
January, nineteen hundred and twelve.
Register of Members.
95.-(1) Every company shall keep in one or more Register of books in the English language a register of its mem- members. bers, and enter therein the following particulars:
(a) The names and addresses, and the occupa- tions, if any. of the members, (and in the case of Chinese members their names shall be given both in English and Chinese charac- ters) and in the case of a company having a share capital a statement of the shares held by each member, distinguishing each share by its number, and of the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid on the shares of each member;
(b) The date at which each person was entered
in the register as a member;
(c) The date at which any person ceased to be a
member:
Provided that, where the company has converted any of its shares into stock and given notice of the conversion to the registrar of companies, the register shall show the amount of stock held by each member instead of the amount of shares and the particulars relating to shares specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection
(2) If default is made in complying with this sec tion, the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be liable to a default fine.
19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23,
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96.-(1) Fivery company having more than fifty Index of members shall, unless the register of members is in members of such a form as to constitute in itself an index, keep company. an index of the names of the members of the company 19 & 20 Geo.
5. c. 23, and shall, within fourteen days after the date on which any alteration is made in the register of members, make any necessary alteration in the index.
(2) The index, which may be in the form of a card index, shall in respect of each member contain a sufficient indication to enable the account of that member in the register to be readily found.
(3) If default is made in complying with this see- tion, the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be liable to a default fine.
s. 96.
97.-(1) On the issue of a share warrant the com. Provisions pany shall strike out of its register of members the as to entries name of the member then entered therein as holding in register the shares specified in the warrant as if he had ceased in relation to be a member, and shall enter in the register the following particulars, namely:--
(a) The fact of the issue of the warrant;
(b) A statement of the shares included in the warrant, distinguishing each share by its number; and
(e) The date of the issue of the warrant.
(2) The bearer of a share warrant shall, subject to the articles of the company, be entitled, on surrender- ing it for cancellation, to have his name entered as a member in the register of members.
to share warrants.
19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23.
s. 97.