Relodging of lost registered documents
14.—(1)  If in the case of any corporation incorporated or registered under this Act or any corresponding previous written law the constitution or any other document relating to the corporation filed or lodged with the Registrar has been lost or destroyed, the corporation may apply to the Registrar for leave to lodge a copy of the document as originally filed or lodged.
[Act 36 of 2014 wef 03/01/2016]
(2)  On such application being made the Registrar may direct notice thereof to be given to such persons and in such manner as he thinks fit.
(3)  The Registrar upon being satisfied —
(a)that the original document has been lost or destroyed;
(b)of the date of the filing or lodging thereof with the Registrar; and
(c)that a copy of such document produced to the Registrar is a correct copy,
may certify upon that copy that he is so satisfied and direct that that copy be lodged in the manner required by law in respect of the original.
(4)  Upon the lodgment, that copy for all purposes shall, from such date as is mentioned in the certificate as the date of the filing or lodging of the original with the Registrar, have the same force and effect as the original.
(5)  The Court may, by order upon application by any person aggrieved and after notice to any other person whom the Court directs, confirm, vary or rescind the certificate and the order may be lodged with the Registrar and shall be registered by him, but no payments, contracts, dealings, acts and things made, had or done in good faith before the registration of such order and upon the faith of and in reliance upon the certificate shall be invalidated or affected by such variation or rescission.
(6)  No fee shall be payable upon the lodging of a document under this section.
[Aust., 1961, s. 13]