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216: Inspection of company records by shareholders
or “Shareholders can view specific company records upon written request”
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“How and when you can inspect company documents”

When you want to look at company documents mentioned in section 215 or section 216, you can do so at the place where the company keeps its records. You can look at these documents between 9 am and 5 pm on any working day during what’s called the ‘inspection period’.

The inspection period starts on the third working day after you tell the company you want to look at the documents. It ends on the eighth working day after you told them. For example, if you tell the company on a Monday, you can start looking at the documents on Thursday, and you have until the following Thursday to finish your inspection.

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Part 12 Disclosure by companies
Inspection of company records

217Manner of inspection

  1. Documents which may be inspected under section 215 or section 216 must be available for inspection at the place at which the company's records are kept between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm on each working day during the inspection period.

  2. In this section, the term inspection period means the period commencing on the third working day after the day on which notice of intention to inspect is served on the company by the person or shareholder concerned and ending with the eighth working day after the day of service.