Transport Act, 1944
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Names and addresses of stockholders. |
55.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 10 of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 , it shall be lawful for the Company to substitute for the Shareholders' Address Book provided for under that section a card or other index (of a type to be approved by the auditors of the Company) containing the names and addresses of the several stockholders of the Company and that section in its application to the Company shall be read and have effect accordingly, and when such card or other index has been so substituted section 34 of the Regulation of Railways Act, 1868 , shall cease to apply to the Company. | |
(2) The charge made for a copy of a card or other index kept under subsection (1) of this section shall not exceed the sum of five pounds. | ||
(3) If the Company acts in contravention of section 10 of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 , as varied by this section, the Company shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds. |