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Accounts, &c. to be signed, and printed copies distributed.
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4. Every statement of accounts, balance sheet, and estimate of expenditure, prepared as required by this Act, shall be signed by the chairman or deputy chairman of the directors, and by the accountant or other officer in charge of the accounts of the company, and shall be preserved at the company’s principal office. A printed copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Board of Trade, and at all times after the date at which it is required to be printed be given, on application, to any person who holds any ordinary or preference share or stock in the company, or any mortgage, debenture, or debenture stock of the company; and every such person may at all reasonable times, without fee or charge, peruse the original in the possession of the company. Any company which acts in contravention of this section shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.
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