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129. Overseas branch registers

(1) A company having a share capital may, if it transacts business in a country or territory to which this Chapter applies, cause to be kept there a branch register of members resident there (an "overseas branch register").

(2) This Chapter applies to -

(a) any part of Her Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and

(b) the countries or territories listed below.

Bangladesh

Malaysia

Cyprus

Malta

Dominica

Nigeria

The Gambia

Pakistan

Ghana

Seychelles

Guyana

Sierra Leone

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Singapore

India

South Africa

Ireland

Sri Lanka

Kenya

Swaziland

Kiribati

Trinidad and Tobago

Lesotho

Uganda

Malawi

Zimbabwe

(3) The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations as to the circumstances in which a company is to be regarded as keeping a register in a particular country or territory.

(4) Regulation

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