Part 8A company’s members
Chapter 3Overseas branch registers
134Jurisdiction of local courts
1
A competent court in a country or territory where an overseas branch register is kept may exercise the same jurisdiction as is exercisable by a court in the United Kingdom—
a
to rectify the register (see section 125), or
b
in relation to a request for inspection or a copy of the register (see section 117).
2
The offences—
a
of refusing inspection or failing to provide a copy of the register (see section 118), and
b
of making a false, misleading or deceptive statement in a request for inspection or a copy (see section 119),
may be prosecuted summarily before any tribunal having summary criminal jurisdiction in the country or territory where the register is kept.
3
This section extends only to those countries and territories to which paragraph 3 of Schedule 14 to the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) (which made similar provision) extended immediately before the coming into force of this Chapter.