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specified, and may provide, by coupons or otherwise, for
the payment of the future dividends on the shares included
in the warrant.

(2) Such a warrant as aforesaid is in this Ordinance
termed a “ share warrant.”

(3) A share warrant shall entitle the bearer thereof to
the shares therein specified, and the shares may be trans-
ferred by delivery of the warrant.

73. If any person falsely and deccitfully personates any
owner of any share or interest in any company, or of any
share warrant or coupon, issued in pursuance of this
Ordinance, and thereby obtains or endeavours to obtain
any such share or interest or share warrant or coupon, or
receives or endeavours to receive any money duc to any
such owner, as if the offender were the true and lawful
owner, he shall be guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction
on indictment, be liable to be imprisoned for fourteen years.

Special provisions as to debentures.

74. (1) Every register of holders of debentures of a com-
pany shall, except when duly closed, be open to the inspection
of the registered holder of any such debentures, and of any
holder of shares in the company, but subject to such
reasonable restrictions as the company may in gencral
meeting impose, so that not less than two hours in each day
shall be allowed for inspection.

Yor the purposes of this subsection, a register shall be
deemed to be duly closed if closed in accordance with
provisions contained in the articles or in the debentures or,
in the case of debenture stock, in the stock certificates, or
in the trust deed or other document securing the debentures
or debenture stock, during such period or periods, not
exceeding in the whole thirty days in any year, as may
be therein specified.

(2) Every registered holder of debentures and every
holder of shares in a company may require a copy of the
register of the holders of debentures of the company or any
part thereof on payment of twelve cents for every hundred
words required to be copied.

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Penalty for
personation
of share-
holder.

Right of
debenture
holders and
shareholders
to inspect
register of
debenture
holders and
to have
copies of
trust deed.