The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015Section 116 of The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015: Information rights: form in which copies to be provided
(1) If the person to be nominated under section 115 wishes to receive copies
of documents or other information in hard copy form, that person shall, before the
nomination is made—
(a) request the person making the nomination to notify the company of
that fact; and
(b) provide an address to which those copies may be sent.
(2) If, having received a request under subsection (1), the person making the
nomination—
(a) notifies the company that the nominated person wishes to receive
documents and other information in hard copy form; and
(b) provide an address to which such copies may be sent,
the company shall provide the nominated person with hard copy versions of the
relevant documents and other information.
(3) If no notification is received or no address is provided, the nominated person
is taken to have agreed that documents or information may be sent or supplied to
the person by means of a website.
(4) A nominated person may, by notice given to the company concerned—
(a) revoke the agreement taken to have been made under subsection (3);
and
(b) require the company to provide the person with hard copy versions of
the relevant documents or information.
(5) On receiving a notice under subsection (4), the company shall provide the
nominated person with hard copy versions of the relevant documents and other
information.
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