Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

178.   Register of directors and secretaries

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    (1)   The register of directors and secretaries kept by a company under section 177(3) shall contain with respect to each director—

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      (a)     a statement of his or her present forename and surname, any former forename or surname, his or her usual residential address and his or her business occupation (if any);

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      (b)     particulars of other directorships held by him or her; and

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      (c)     who is, or who is to perform the function of, a managing director, a statement to that effect.

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    (2)   The register kept by a particular company need not contain, under subsection (1)(b), particulars of directorships held by a director in any company of which the particular company is a wholly owned subsidiary.

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    (3)   The register shall contain with respect to the secretary and each assistant secretary—

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      (a)     in the case of an individual, a statement of his or her present forename and surname, any former forename or surname, and his or her usual residential address;

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      (b)     in the case of a corporation, a statement of its corporate name and registered or principal office; and

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      (c)     in the case of a firm, a statement of the name and principal office of the firm.

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    (4)   A company shall lodge with the Registrar—

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      (a)     within one month after a person ceases to be a director or, except in the case of a person becoming a director under section 69, a notice in the prescribed form notifying the Registrar of the change and containing, with respect to each person who is then a director of the company, the particulars required to be specified in the register in relation to him or her; (Amended by Act 13 of 2015)

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      (b)     within one month after a person becomes the secretary or an assistant secretary, a notice in the prescribed form notifying the Registrar of that fact and containing with respect to the person, the particulars required to be specified in the register in relation to such a person; and (Amended by Act 13 of 2015)

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      (c)     within one month after a person ceases to be the secretary or an assistant secretary, a notice in the prescribed form notifying the Registrar of that fact. (Amended by Act 13 of 2015)

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    (5)   A director in respect of whom an entry is required to be made in the register shall notify the company in writing within 7 days after the matter occasioning the requirement of the entry occurs or arises, and shall include in the notification the particulars which the company is required to enter in the register in respect of that matter.

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    (6)   A director commits an offence—

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      (a)     if he or she fails to comply with subsection (5); or

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      (b)     if he or she gives false, misleading or incomplete information to any company with a view to it making an entry in its register.