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Companies Act (No. 17 of 1982) - Sect 110

Provision as to entries in register in relation to share warrants

110.
(1) On the issue of a share warrant the company shall strike out of its register of members the name of the member then entered therein as holding the shares specified in the warrant as if he had ceased to be a member, and shall enter in the register the following particulars, namely:
(a) the fact of the issue of the warrant;
(b) a statement of the shares included in the warrant distinguishing each share by its number; and
(c) the date of the issue of the warrant.
(2) The bearer of a share warrant shall, subject to the articles of the company, be entitled, on surrendering it for cancellation, to have his name entered as a member in the register of members.
(3) The company shall be responsible for any loss incurred by any person by reason of the company entering in the register the name of a bearer of a share warrant in respect of the shares therein specified without the warrant being surrendered and cancelled.
(4) Until the warrant is surrendered, the particulars specified in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be the particulars required by this Act to be entered in the registers of members, and on the surrender, the date of the surrender shall be entered.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the bearer of a share warrant may, if the articles of the company so provide, be deemed to be a member of the company within the meaning of this Act, either to the full extent of, or for any purposes, defined in, the articles.


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