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See No.5% of 1911,
S. 77.
for "two hundred pounds"
for "Bound of Trade"
Profit and
loss account and balance sheet.
19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23, s. 123.
for "two hundred pounds"
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(ii) A journal or other book or books in which shall be recorded all financial transactions of the company other than cash transactions and all transactions which in any way affect the ac- cretions and diminutions on capital and re- venue accounts of the company with full ex- planations of such transactions.
(iii) A ledger or other book or books in which shall be entered each to its proper account the transactions recorded in the cash book and journal so as to show the financial relations of the company with every party with whom it has dealings and the financial position of the company itself.
(2) The books of account shall be kept at the registered office of the company or at such other place as the directors think fit, and shall at all times be open to inspection by the directors.
(3) If any person being a director of a company fails to take all reasonable steps to secure compliance by the company with the requirements of this section, or has by his own wilful act been the cause of any in default by the company thereunder, he shall, respect of each offence, be liable on summary con- viction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars.
Provided that a person shall not be sentenced to imprisonment for an offence under this section unless, in the opinion of the court dealing with the case, the offence was committed wilfully.
122.—(1) The directors of every company shall at some date not later than eighteen months after the incorporation of the company and subsequently once at least in every calendar year lay before the com- pany in general meeting a profit and loss account or, in the case of a company not trading for profit, an income and expenditure account for the period, in the case of the first account, since the incorporation of the company, and, in any other case, since the preceding account, made up to a date not earlier than the date of the meeting by more than nine months, or, in the case of a company carrying on business or having interests abroad, by more than twelve months:
Provided that the court, if for any special reason they think fit so to do, may, in the case of any company, extend the period of eighteen months afore- said, and in the case of any company and with respect to any year extend the periods of nine and twelve months aforesaid.
(2) The directors shall cause to be made out in every calendar year, and to be laid before the company in general meeting, a balance sheet as at the date to which the profit and loss account, or the income and expenditure account, as the case may be, is made up, and there shall be attached to every such balance sheet a report by the directors with respect to the state of the company's affairs, the amount, if any,
of which they recommend should be paid by way dividend, and the amount, if any, which they propose to carry to the reserve fund, general reserve reserve account shown specifically on the balance sheet, or to a reserve fund, general reserve or reserve account to be shown specifically on a subsequent balance sheet.
or
(3) If any person being a director of a company fails to take all reasonable steps to comply with the provisions of this section, he shall, in respect of each offence, be liable on summary conviction to imprison- ment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars.