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Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973)

Chapter II: Administration of Act

Office for Registration of Companies and Registrar

9. Inspection and copies of documents in Companies Registration Office; and by foreign governments and universities

 

 

1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4), and subject to the availability of the original document, any person may, on payment of the prescribed fee (including an additional fee if any document is not uplifted personally at the Companies Registration Office)-
a) inspect the documents lodged under this Act with the Registrar, or
b) obtain a certificate from the Registrar as to the contents or part of the contents of any document kept by him under this Act in respect of any company and which is open to inspection; or
c) obtain a copy of or extract from any such document.

 

1A) Subject to subsection (4), any person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, through any electronic medium approved by the Registrar-
a) inspect any document which has been lodged with the Registrar under this Act and converted into electronic format;
b) obtain a copy of or extract from any such converted document; or
c) obtain a certificate from the Registrar as to the contents or part of the contents of any documentation kept by him or her in terms of this Act in respect of any company.

 

2) If the Registrar is satisfied-
a) that an inspection, certificate, copy or extract is required on behalf of a foreign government accredited to the government of the Republic; and
b) that no fees are payable in the foreign country concerned in respect of such inspection, certificate, copy or extract required on behalf of the government of the Republic,
c) no fee referred to in subsection (1) or (1A) shall be payable.

 

3) If the Registrar is satisfied that any inspection, certificate, copy or extract is required for the purposes of research by or under the control of an institution for higher education, he may permit such inspection, or furnish such a certificate or copy or such an extract, without payment of such fees.

 

4) No person may inspect a document referred to in subsection (1) or obtain a certificate as to the contents or part of the contents thereof or obtain a copy thereof or an extract therefrom, if the Registrar is satisfied that such document contains particular information or a particular fact concerning the affairs or business of a company, or of any of its subsidiaries, which information or fact the company has been prohibited under section 15A(1) from disclosing or from stating on or in any document, or which information or fact the company has been exempted under that section from any obligation so to disclose or state: Provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to such portions of such document as do not contain or refer to or give any indication of the particular information or particular fact which the company has been prohibited or exempted from disclosing or stating as aforesaid.

 


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