The Indian Companies Act 1882, 6 of 1882, (Rep., Act 1 of 1956)

Section 47

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

47. Every Company under this Act shall cause to be kept in one or more books a register of its members, and there shall be entered therein the following particulars:— (a) the names and addresses, and the occupations, if any, of the members of the Company, with the addition, in the case of a Company having a capital divided Companies. [ACT VI] divided into shares, of a statement of the shares held by each member, distinguishing each share by its number, and of the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid on the shares of each member; (b) the date at which the name of any person was entered in the register as a member; (c) the date at which any person ceased to be a member. Where a share-warrant has been issued under section thirty, until the warrant is surrendered, the particulars mentioned in section thirty-four shall be deemed to be the particulars which are required by this section to be entered in the register of members of a Company; and, on the surrender of a warrant, the date of such surrender shall be entered as if it were the date at which a person ceased to be a member. Any Company acting in contravention of this section shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty rupees for every day during which its default in complying with the provisions of this section continues, and every director or manager of the Company who knowingly and wilfully authorizes or permits such contravention shall incur the like penalty. Annual list of members.

Source: India Code