Companies (Re-Constitution of Records) Act, 1924

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Penalties in relation to non-compliance with Act.

8.—(1) If a company to which this Act applies furnishes to the registrar a statement pursuant to this Act which is false or misleading in any material particular, every director, manager, and secretary of the company shall, unless he proves that such statement was made without his knowledge or without his consent, be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable on summary conviction to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months with or without hard labour or, at the discretion of the court, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or on conviction on indictment to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour or, at the discretion of the judge, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both such imprisonment and fine.

(2) If any company to which this Act applies fails—

(a) to complete and send to the registrar within the time prescribed by this Act the statement required by this Act to be completed and sent to the registrar by such company, save in so far (if at all) as the company is relieved by the registrar under this Act from the obligation to complete such statement, or

(b) to send to the registrar within the time prescribed by this Act any copy document or original certificate required by this Act to be sent to the registrar by such company and from the obligation to send which the company is not relieved by the registrar tinder this Act,

such company and every director, manager, and secretary thereof shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one pound for every day during which such default continues.