Section 363 — Companies Act 1993: Inspection and evidence of registers

363 Inspection and evidence of registers (1) A person may, on payment of any fees that are prescribed, inspect— (a) Any document that constitutes part of the New Zealand register or the overseas register: (b) Particulars of any registered document that have been entered on any device or facility referred to in section 360(4) of this Act: (c) Any registered document particulars of which have been entered in any such device or facility— during the hours when the office of the District Registrar is open to the public for the transaction of business on a working day. (2) A person may, on payment of any fees that are prescribed, require the Registrar to give or certify— (a) A certificate of incorporation of a company; or (b) A certificate of reregistration of a company under this Act in accordance with the Companies Reregistration Act 1993 ; or (c) A copy of, or extract from, a document that constitutes part of the New Zealand register or the overseas register; or (d) Particulars of any registered document that have been entered in any device or facility referred to in section 360(4) of this Act; or (e) A copy of, or extract from, a registered document particulars of which have been entered in any such device or facility. (3) A process to compel the production of— (a) A registered document kept by the Registrar; or (b) Evidence of the entry of particulars of a registered document in any device or facility referred to in section 360(4) of this Act— must not issue from the Court without the leave of the Court and, if it does, it must have a statement attached to it that it is issued with the leave of the Court. (4) A copy of, or extract from, a registered document— (a) That constitutes part of the New Zealand register or the overseas register; or (b) Particulars of which have been entered in any device or facility referred to in section 360(4) of this Act— certified to be a true copy or extract by the Registrar is admissible in evidence in legal proceedings to the same extent as the original document. (5) An extract certified by the Registrar as containing particulars of a registered document that have been entered in any device or facility referred to in section 360(4) of this Act is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, conclusive evidence of the entry of those particulars. Compare: 1955 No 63 s 9