Copies of memorandum and articles
40.—(1)  A company shall, on being so required by any member, send to him a copy of the memorandum and of the articles, if any, subject to payment of $5 or such lesser sum as is fixed by the directors.
(2)  Where an alteration is made in the memorandum or articles of a company, a copy of the memorandum or articles shall not be issued by the company after the date of alteration unless —
(a)the copy is in accordance with the alteration; or
(b)a printed copy of the order or resolution making the alteration is annexed to the copy of the memorandum or articles and the particular clauses or articles affected are indicated in ink.
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1  Subsection (3) of section 40 is omitted from the 2006 Ed., being obsolete by virtue of the amendment to section 186 of the 1994 Ed. by the Companies (Amendment) Act 2003 (Act 8 of 2003).
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(4)  If default is made in complying with this section the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be guilty of an offence.
[UK, 1948, ss. 24, 25; Aust., 1961, s. 34]