State the provisions of the UK Companies Act, 2006 for keeping of Register of Secretaries.
CS Professional · Advanced Company Law and Practice · PYQS · December 2019
State the provisions of the UK Companies Act, 2006 for keeping of Register of Secretaries.
Answer & Explanation:
The following provisions are contained in Section 275 and Section 276 of the UK Companies Act, 2006 in respect of register of secretaries. (A) As per Section 275 (Duty to keep register of secretaries) (1) A company must keep a register of its secretaries. (2) The register must contain the required particulars of the person who is or persons who are, the secretary or joint secretaries of the company. (3) The register must be kept available for inspection: at the company's registered office, or at a place specified in the regulations (4) The company must give notice to the registrar- of the place at which the register is kept available for inspection and of any change in that place, unless it has at all times been kept at the company's registered office. (5) The register must be open to the inspection. of any member of the company without charge and of any other person on payment of such fee as may be prescribed. (B) As per Section 276(Duty to notify registrar of changes) (1) A company must, within the period of 14 days from: a person becoming or ceasing to be its secretary or one of its joint secretaries, or the occurrence of any change in the particulars contained in its register of secretaries, give notice to the registrar of the change and of the date on which it occurred. (2) The Notice of a person having become secretary or one of the joint secretaries, of the company must be accompanied by a consent of that person to act in the relevant capacity. (3) If default is made in complying with this section, an offence is committed by every officer of the company who is in default. For this purpose a shadow director is treated as an officer of the company. (4) A person guilty of an offence under this Section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 5on the standard scale.
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