(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (6), the power conferred on a company by section 213(1) to keep a register or other record by recording the matters in question otherwise than by making entries in bound books includes power to keep the register or other record by recording the matters in question otherwise than in a legible form so long as the recording is capable of being reproduced in a legible form.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the books required to be kept by section 199 for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1) of that section.
(3) Any provision of an instrument made by a company before 3 April 1978 which requires a register of holders of debentures of the company to be kept in a legible form shall be read as requiring the register to be kept in a legible or non-legible form (but so that, if it is kept in non-legible form, it shall be capable of being reproduced in legible form).
(4) If the power under subsection (1) is availed of by a company, any duty imposed on the
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