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(1)Every company shall keep at its registered office a register of its directors and secretaries; and the register shall, with respect to the particulars to be contained in it of those persons, comply with sections 289 and 290 below.
(2)The company shall, within the period of 14 days from the occurrence of—
(a)any change among its directors or in its secretary, or
(b)any change in the particulars contained in the register,
send to the registrar of companies a notification in the prescribed form of the change and of the date on which it occurred ; and a notification of a person having become a director or secretary, or one of joint secretaries, of the company shall contain a consent, signed by that person, to act in the relevant capacity.
(3)The register shall during business hours (subject to such reasonable restrictions as the company may by its articles or in general meeting impose, so that not less than 2 hours in each day be allowed for inspection) be open to the inspection of any member of the company without charge and of any other person on payment of 5 pence or such less sum as the company may prescribe, for each inspection.
(4)If an inspection required under this section is refused, or if default is made in complying with subsection (1) or (2), the company and every officer of it who is in default is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.
(5)In the case of a refusal of inspection of the register, the court may by order compel an immediate inspection of it
(6)For purposes of this and the next section, a shadow director of a company is deemed a director and officer of it
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