Section 610 - Inspection, production and evidence of documents kept by Registrar. - Companies Act, 1956

Inspection, production and evidence of documents kept by Registrar. 610. (1) [1] [ Save as otherwise provided elsewhere in this Act, any person may] ____ (a) inspect any documents kept by the Registrar [2] [in accordance with the rules made under the Destruction of Records Act, 1917] (5 of 1917) being documents filed or registered by him in pursuance of this Act, or making a record of any fact required or authorised to be recorded or registered in pursuance of this Act, on payment for each inspection of [3] [such fees as may be prescribed]; (b) require a certificate of the incorporation of any company, or a copy or extract of any other document or any part of any other document to be certified by the Registrar, [4] [on payment in advance of [5] [such fees as may be prescribed:] Provided that the rights conferred by this sub-section shall be exercisable ___ (i) in relation to documents delivered to the Registrar with a prospectus in pursuance of sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 60, only during the fourteen days beginning with the date of publication of the prospectus; and at other times, only with the permission of the Central Government; [6] and (ii) in relation to documents so delivered in pursuance of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 605, only during the fourteen days beginning with the date of the prospectus; and at other times, only with the permission of the Central Government. [7] (2) No process for compelling the production of any document kept by the Registrar shall issue from any Court [8] [or the [9] [Tribunal]] except with the leave of that Court 10[or the [10] [Tribunal]] and any such process, if issued, shall bear thereon a statement that it is issued with the leave of the Court 10[or the [11] [Tribunal]]. (3) A copy of, or extract from, any document kept and registered at any of the offices for the registration of companies under this Act, certified to be a true copy under the hand of the Registrar (whose official position it shall not be necessary to prove), shall, in all legal proceedings, be admissible in evidence as of equal validity with the original document. [12] [* * *] -------------------------------------------- Notes:- [1] Substituted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1960, Act 65 of 1960, section 194, for "Any person may". [2] Inserted by section 194, by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1960, Act 65 of 1960. [3] Substituted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1988, section 56 w.e.f. 15-7-1988 for the words "a fee of one rupee". [4] Substituted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1960, Act 65 of 1960, section 194, a fee of five rupees in the case of a certificate of incorporation, and of one rupee for every one hundred words or fractional part thereof required to be copied in the case of a certified copy of extract by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1988, w.e.f. 15-7-1988. Earlier clause (b) was amended by the Companies (Amended) Act, 1960. [5] Substituted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1960, Act 65 of 1960, section 194, a fee of five rupees in the case of a certificate of incorporation, and of one rupee for every one hundred words or fractional part thereof required to be copied in the case of a certified copy of extract by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1988, w.e.f. 15-7-1988. Earlier clause (b) was amended by the Companies (Amended) Act, 1960. [6] Powers delegated to Regional Directors vide Notification No. GSR 288(E), dated 31-5-1991. [7] Powers delegated to Regional Directors vide Notification No. GSR 288(E), dated 31-5-1991. [8] Inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1988, section 56, w.e.f. 31-5-1991. [9] Substituted for "Company Law Board" by the Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002, w.e.f. a date yet to be notified. [10] Substituted for "Company Law Board" by the Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002, w.e.f. a date yet to be notified. [11] Substituted for "Company Law Board" by the Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002, w.e.f. a date yet to be notified. [12] Sub-section (4) omitted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1960, Act 65 of 1960, section 194.