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competent and reliable person was charged with the duty of seeing that the said sections were complied with and was in a position to discharge that duty; and
(b) a person shall not be sentenced to imprisonment for any such offence unless, in the opinion of the court dealing with the case, the offence was committed wilfully.
↑ Added, 80 of 1974, s. 12)
129G. (1) A copy of every balance sheet, including every document required by law to be annexed thereto, which is to be laid before a company in general meeting, together with a copy of the directors' report and a copy of the auditors' report, shall, not less than 21 days before the date of the meeting, be sent to every member of the company (whether he is or is not entitled to receive notices of general meetings of the company), every holder of debentures of the company (whether he is or is not so entitled) and all persons other than members or holders of debentures of the company, being persons so entitled:
Provided that-
(a) in the case of a company not having a share capital this subsection shall not require the sending of a copy of the documents aforesaid to a member of the company who is not entitled to receive notices of general meetings of the company or to a holder of debentures of the company who is not so entitled;
(b) this subsection shall not require a copy of those documents to be sent-
(i) to a member of the company or a holder of debentures of the company, being in either case a person who is not entitled to receive notices of general meetings of the company and of whose address the company is unaware;
(ii) to more than one of the joint holders of any shares or debentures none of whom are entitled to receive such notices; or
(iii) in the case of joint holders of any shares or debentures some of whom are and some of whom are not entitled to receive such notices, to those who are not so entitled; and
(c) if the copies of the documents aforesaid are sent less than 21 days before the date of the meeting, they shall, notwithstanding that fact, be deemed to have been duly sent if it is so agreed by all the members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting. (Amended, 6 of 1984, s. 91)
(2) Any member of a company, whether he is or is not entitled to have sent to him copies of the company's balance sheets, the personal representatives of any such member who has died, and any holder of debentures of the company, whether he is or is not so entitled, shall be entitled to be furnished on demand without charge
Right to receive copies of balance sheets and directors' and auditors' reports.
1948 c. 38. s. 158.