Charities Act, 1961

Power of Board to require copies of public documents relating to charities and to examine and search records.

42.—(1) The Board may request any person having the custody of any documents relating to any charity to furnish such copies or extracts of or from those documents as the Board may specify and that person shall comply with the request.

(2) The Secretary or any other officer of the Board authorised in that behalf by the Board may, without payment, examine and search the registers and records of any Court, and any public registry and office of records and take copies of and extracts from any document recorded or registered or deposited therein.