s 260 Relodging of lost registered documents
260.—(1) If any document filed or lodged with the Registrar of Companies under Parts 4 to 11 has been lost or destroyed, the corporation may apply to the Registrar of Companies for permission to lodge a copy of the document as originally filed or lodged.[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] (2) On an application under subsection (1) being made, the Registrar of Companies may direct notice of the application to be given to such persons and in such manner as the Registrar of Companies thinks fit. (3) The Registrar of Companies upon being satisfied —(a) that the original document has been lost or destroyed; (b) of the date of the filing or lodging of the original document with the Registrar of Companies; and (c) that a copy of such document produced to the Registrar of Companies is a correct copy, may certify upon that copy that the Registrar of Companies is so satisfied and direct that that copy be lodged in the manner required by law in respect of the original. (4) Upon the lodgment, that copy for all purposes has, from such date as is mentioned in the certificate as the date of the filing or lodging of the original with the Registrar of Companies, the same force and effect as the original. (5) The Court may, by order upon application by any person aggrieved and after notice to any other person whom the Court directs, confirm, vary or rescind the certificate. (6) An order under subsection (5) may be lodged with the Registrar of Companies and if lodged, must be registered by the Registrar of Companies. (7) No payment, contract, dealing, act or thing made, had or done in good faith before the registration of an order under subsection (5) and upon the faith of and in reliance upon the certificate is to be invalidated or affected by such variation or rescission. (8) No fee is payable upon the lodging of a document under this section.