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Relief of registrar in relation to companies to which Act applies.
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11.—(1) Whenever the registrar shall be required to produce for inspection in his office, or to give in evidence in any court, any document kept and registered by him previous to the 26th day of May, 1921, in relation to a company to which this Act applies, or is required to furnish a copy of or extract from any such document, then and in any such case—
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(a) if a copy of the document has been sent to the registrar by the company pursuant to this Act, it shall be sufficient for the registrar to produce, give in evidence, or furnish a copy of or extract from (as the case may require), the copy of such document so sent to him;
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(b) if no copy of the document has been sent to the registrar pursuant to this Act, but the information contained in such document is contained in the statement sent to the registrar by the company pursuant to this Act, it shall be sufficient for the registrar to produce, give in evidence, or furnish a copy of or extract from (as the case may require), the statement aforesaid;
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(c) if no copy of the document has been sent to the registrar pursuant to this Act, and the information contained in such document is not contained in the statement aforesaid, the registrar shall be and is hereby relieved from any obligation to produce for inspection in his office, or to give in evidence in any court, or to furnish a copy of or extract from such document.
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(2) Whenever the registrar shall be required to give a certificate of any matter or thing which occurred or was done before the 26th day of May, 1921, in relation to a company to which this Act applies, then—
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(a) if the original of a like certificate issued by the registrar prior to the 26th day of May, 1921, has been sent to the registrar by the company pursuant to this Act, it shall be sufficient for the registrar to give a certificate based on the copy or other record of such previous certificate filed by the registrar when such previous certificate was so sent to him; or
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(b) if no such previous certificate has been sent to the registrar, but the matter in respect of which the certificate is required was proved to the satisfaction of the registrar pursuant to this Act, it shall be sufficient for the registrar to give a certificate that the matter was so proved to his satisfaction; and
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(c) in any other case the registrar shall be and he is hereby relieved from any obligation to give such certificate.
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