Companies Act 2006

876Company's register of chargesU.K.
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(1)Every limited company shall keep available for inspection a register of charges and enter in it—

(a)all charges specifically affecting property of the company, and

(b)all floating charges on the whole or part of the company's property or undertaking.

(2)The entry shall in each case give a short description of the property charged, the amount of the charge and, except in the cases of securities to bearer, the names of the persons entitled to it.

(3)If an officer of the company knowingly and wilfully authorises or permits the omission of an entry required to be made in pursuance of this section, he commits an offence.

(4)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment, to a fine;

(b)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.

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