Building Societies Act, 1976

Register of directors and secretary.

74.—(1) Every society shall keep at its chief office or (with the consent in writing of the Registrar) at one or more of the offices of the society other than its chief office a register containing the following particulars relating to each director and the secretary of the society—

(a) his present surname and forenames and any former names, and

(b) his present residential address.

(2) A register under this section shall also contain the following particulars relating to each director of a society—

(a) his business occupation (if any); and

(b) any other directorships held of bodies corporate incorporated in the State.

(3) (a) A society shall, within the appropriate period referred to in paragraph (b), send to the Registrar a return in such form as he may require of the particulars contained in a register under this section and a notification of any change of director or secretary of a society, together with the date of such change.

(b) The periods mentioned in paragraph (a) are—

(i) in the case of the return, 14 days from the commencement of the section where a society is incorporated before such commencement, and 14 days from the date of appointment of the first directors where a society is incorporated after such commencement,

(ii) in the case of a change, 14 days from the change.

(4) Any member of a society or any other person may require a copy of the register, or of any part thereof on payment of such sum as the Registrar may fix, and the society shall cause any copy so required to be sent to the person within a period of ten days after the day on which the request for the copy is received by the society.

(5) A register under this section shall be open to inspection by any member free of charge and by any other person on payment of such sum as the Registrar may fix, subject to such reasonable restrictions as the society concerned may impose at a general meeting, but so that not less than two hours in each day be allowed for inspection.