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 permission to lodge a copy of the document as originally filed or lodged.
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[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]
(2)  On such application being made the Registrar may direct notice thereof to be given to such persons and in such manner as the Registrar 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 the Registrar 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 has, from such date as is mentioned in the certificate as the date of the filing or lodging of the original with the Registrar, 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 must be registered by the Registrar, 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 are invalidated or affected by such variation or rescission.
(6)  No fee is payable upon the lodging of a document under this section.