Section 247, The Companies Act, 2009

(1) Every company shall keep at its registered office, aregister of its directors and secretaries. (2) The register shall contain the following particulars with respect to each director:– (a) his present forename and surname; (b) any former forename and surname; (c) his usual residential address; (d) his nationality; (e) his business or occupation, if any; (f) particulars of any other directorships held by him; and (g) the date of his birth. (3) The register shall contain the following particulars with respect to the secretary:– (a) in the case of an individual– (i) his present forename and surname; (ii) any former forenames and surnames; directors and secretaries. Provision as to liability of officers and 182 183 (iii) his usual residential address; and (b) in the case of a corporation its registered name and registered or head office. (4) The company shall, within the periods respectively mentioned in subsection (5), send to the Commission a return containing the particulars specified in the register and notification of any change among its directors or in its secretary or in any of the particulars contained in the register, specifying the date of the change. (5) The periods referred to in subsection (4) shall be the period within which– (a) a return is to be sent which shall be a period of 14 days from the date of incorporation of the company; and (b) the notification of a change is to be sent 14 days from the happening thereof; but in the case of a return containing particulars with respect to any person who is the company’s secretary at the commencement of this Act, the period shall be 14 days from the commencement of this Act. (6) The register to be kept under this section shall, during business hours (subject to such reasonable restrictions as the company may by its articles or in general meeting impose, so that no less than two hours in each day be allowed for inspection) be open to inspection by any member of the company without charge and by another person on payment of such sum as the company may determine, for each inspection. (7) If any inspection required under this section is refused, or if default is made in complying with subsections (1), (2), and (4), the company and every officer of the company who is default shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a fine not exceeding Le3,000,000 (9) In case of any refusal or default, the court may by order compel an inspection of the register or that the copies required be sent as provided in this section. (10) For the purpose of this section– (a) a person in accordance with whose directions or instruction the directors of a company are accustomed to act shall be deemed to be a director and officer of the company; and (b) references to a former forename or surname in the case of a married woman shall not include the name or surname by which she was known previous to the marriage.