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Companies Act 1981

Div 9Registration of Charges

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Division 9—Registration of Charges

Interpretation and application of Division
Charges required to be registered
Lodgment of notice of charge and copy of instrument
Acquisition of property subject to charge
Registration of documents relating to charges
Priorities of charges
Certain charges void against liquidator or official manager
Assignment and variation of charges
Satisfaction of, and release of property from, charges
Lodgment of notices, offences, &c.
Company to keep documents relating to charges and register of charges
Certificates
Registration under Instruments Ordinance 1933
Power of Court to rectify Register, &c.
Charges on property of recognized companies or recognized foreign companies
Provisions applying when incorporation transferred
Power to exempt from compliance with certain requirements of Division

PART V—MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Division 1—Office and Name

Registered office of company
Notice of address of registered office and office hours
Publication of name

Division 2—Directors and Other Officers

Directors
Restrictions on appointment or advertisement of director
Qualification of director
Vacation of office
Appointment of directors to be voted on individually
Validity of acts of directors and secretaries
Removal of directors
Age of directors
Certain persons not to manage corporations
Disclosure of interests in contracts, property, offices, &c.
Duty and liability of officers
Loans to directors

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Register of directors’ shareholdings, &c.

General duty to make disclosure

Payments for loss of, or retirement from, office

Provisions as to assignment of office

Powers to require disclosure of directors’ emoluments

Secretary

Provisions indemnifying officers or auditors

Register of directors, principal executive officers and secretaries

Division 3—Meetings and Proceedings

Statutory meeting and statutory report
Annual general meeting
Convening of general meeting on requisition
Convening of meetings
Articles as to right to demand a poll
Quorum, chairman, voting, &c., at meetings
Proxies
Power of Court to order meeting
Circulation of members’ resolutions, &c.
Special resolutions
Resolution requiring special notice
Resolutions of exempt proprietary companies
Lodgment with the Commission, &c., of copies of certain resolutions and agreements
Resolutions at adjourned meetings
Minutes of proceedings
Inspection of minute books

Division 4—Register of Members

Non-application of the Division to mutual life assurance companies
Register and index of members
Inspection and closing of register
Consequences of default by agent
Power of Court to rectify register
Trustee, & c, may be registered as owner of shares
Power of company to obtain information as to beneficial ownership of its shares
Branch registers

Division 5—Annual Return

Annual return
Auditor’s statement
Exemption of certain companies

PART VI—ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

Interpretation

Division 2—Accounts

Accounts to be kept
Financial years of grouped companies
Profit and loss account, balance sheet and group accounts
Directors’ reports
Rounding off of amounts in accounts and reports
Group accounts not to be issued, & c, until receipt of subsidiaries’ accounts, &c.
Relief from requirements as to accounts and reports
Members of company entitled to balance-sheet, &c.
Accounts and reports to be laid before annual general meeting
Failure to comply with this Division

Division 3—Audit

Qualifications of auditors
Unlimited exempt proprietary company need not appoint auditor in certain circumstances
Exempt proprietary company need not appoint auditor in certain circumstances
Appointment of auditors
Nomination of auditors
Removal and resignation of auditors
Effect of winding up on office of auditor
Fees and expenses of auditors
Powers and duties of auditors as to reports on accounts
Obstruction of auditor
Special provisions relating to borrowing and guarantor corporations

Division 4—Special Provisions relating to Banking and Life Insurance Corporations

Banking and life insurance corporations

PART VII—SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

Interpretation and application