sec.68Inspection of books by contributors etc.

sec.68 Inspection of books by contributors etc.

Without prejudice to the exercise of any other power or authority under this Act— the registrar, an inspector, the State actuary and, with the approval of the registrar, any contributor shall be permitted by a registered corporation to inspect the books of the corporation at all reasonable hours at its registered office or at the place where they are kept within the State; and the registrar may require that any officer of a registered corporation advise him or her of the whereabouts of any information, data, books, documents or securities required by the registrar for inspection where the whereabouts are known to such officer; and the registrar may require the production, within the time specified by him or her, of any information, data, books, documents or securities nominated by the registrar at his or her office or at any other place nominated by the registrar for inspection and examination by the registrar or any other person authorised under his or her hand; and the registrar may require the manager or other principal officer of a financial institution or other like institution with which a registered corporation has deposited any moneys, whether in the benefits trust fund or the funeral benefit business trust fund account, as the case may be, or in any other account of the corporation, to disclose every such account to the registrar and to permit the registrar to make and take away with the registrar an extract from any book relating to or a copy of any such account. Any person howsoever named or described required to do any act or thing or upon whom an obligation is cast under subsection (1) shall do that act or thing or carry out that obligation as required or obliged thereunder. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. In subsection (1) (b) — officer has the meaning that is assigned to it in section 65 (1) . s 68 amd 1993 No. 82 s 3 sch 1 ; 1997 No. 17 s 19 ; 2005 No. 14 s 2 sch (sec.68-ssec.1) Without prejudice to the exercise of any other power or authority under this Act— the registrar, an inspector, the State actuary and, with the approval of the registrar, any contributor shall be permitted by a registered corporation to inspect the books of the corporation at all reasonable hours at its registered office or at the place where they are kept within the State; and the registrar may require that any officer of a registered corporation advise him or her of the whereabouts of any information, data, books, documents or securities required by the registrar for inspection where the whereabouts are known to such officer; and the registrar may require the production, within the time specified by him or her, of any information, data, books, documents or securities nominated by the registrar at his or her office or at any other place nominated by the registrar for inspection and examination by the registrar or any other person authorised under his or her hand; and the registrar may require the manager or other principal officer of a financial institution or other like institution with which a registered corporation has deposited any moneys, whether in the benefits trust fund or the funeral benefit business trust fund account, as the case may be, or in any other account of the corporation, to disclose every such account to the registrar and to permit the registrar to make and take away with the registrar an extract from any book relating to or a copy of any such account. (sec.68-ssec.2) Any person howsoever named or described required to do any act or thing or upon whom an obligation is cast under subsection (1) shall do that act or thing or carry out that obligation as required or obliged thereunder. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. (sec.68-ssec.3) In subsection (1) (b) — officer has the meaning that is assigned to it in section 65 (1) .