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shall set forth and designate in writing such shares stock
or interest by the respective numbers by which the same are
distinguished at the making of such contract or agreement
on the register or books of such joint stock company as
aforesaid, or where there is no such Register of Shares or
Stock by distinguishing numbers then unless such contract
or agreement shall set forth the person or persons in whose
name or names such share stock or interest shall at the
2.
time of the making of such contract stand as the registered
proprietor thereof in the books of such joint stock company,
Every person whether principal broker or agent who
wilfully inserts in any such contract or agreement any false
entry of such numbers or any name or names than that or
those of the person or persons in whose name or names such
shares stock or interest shall stand as aforesaid, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding Fifty pounds or to
imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not
exceeding six months.
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These Regulations may be cited as "The Companies
(Sale of Shares) Regulations, 1914".