Section 304 - Inspection of the register. - Companies Act, 1956

Inspection of the register. 304. (1) The register kept under section 303 shall be open to the inspection of any member of the company without charge and of any other person on payment of one rupee for each inspection 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 two hours in each day are allowed for inspection. (2) If any inspection required under sub-section (1) is refused, ____ (a) the company, and every officer of the company who is in default, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to [1] [five hundred rupees]; and (b) the [2] [Central Government or Tribunal, as the case may be] may, by order, compel an immediate inspection of the register. [3] ---------------------------------- Notes:- [1] Substituted for fifty by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000, w.e.f. 13-12-2000. [2] Substituted for "Company Law Board" by the Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002, w,e,f, a date yet to be notified. Earlier the quoted words were substituted for Court by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1988, w.e.f. 31-5-1991. [3] Fees prescribed is Rs. 500, w.e.f. 1-4-2000. On notification of the commencement of the amendment, power will be transferred to the Central Government/National Company Law Tribunal.