Companies Acts Amendment Act of 1954 (3 Eliz Ii No. 25) (Qld)

COMPANIES. 3 E liz . II. No. 25, 1954. Companies Acts Amendment Act. 21 COMPANIES. (1) Companies Acts Amendment Act of 1954 (2) Companies Acts Amendment Act of 1955 .. 3 Eliz. II. No. 25 .. 4 Eliz. II. No. 17 An Act to Amend “The Companies Acts, 1931 to 3 fS ra^11 1953,” in a certain particular . [A ssented to 11 th O ctober , 1954.] C ompanies A cts A mendment act of ibm . B E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as “ The Companies Short title. Acts Amendment Act of 1954.” (2.) *“ The Companies Acts, 1931 to 1953,” are in this Principal Act referred to as the Principal Act. Act> (3.) The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively Collective cited as “ The Companies Acts, 1931 to 1954.” tltle- 2. Subsection three of section three hundred and Amendment twenty-seven of the Principal Act is repealed and, jnofs- 327 (3)- lieu of that repealed subsection, the following subsection is inserted, namely :— “ (3.) A company incorporated anywhere in the British Commonwealth of Nations as a private or proprietary company and not required by the law of the place where it is incorporated to publish its balance sheet or to lodge the same in a public office— (a) Shall not be bound by the provisions of subsection one of this section with respect to posting up, and keeping posted up, at its registered office a true copy of its balance sheet; and (6) Shall when filing the true copy of its annual balance sheet tender to the registrar for filing an envelope or container suitable for sealing and such copy balance sheet, and any * 2 2 G. 5 No. 53 and amending Acts.

22 COMPANIES. Companies Acts Amendment Act. 4 E liz . II. No. 17, documents included therein, shall be placed by the registrar in the envelope or container which he shall thereupon seal and file. A Crown Law Officer may in writing direct that a company to which this subsection applies be exempted from the requirements of this section, which exemption may be granted subject to such terms and conditions as the Crown Law Officer thinks fit. An exemption as aforesaid may be cancelled by the Crown Law Officer and thereupon the company in question shall cease to be exempted from the requirements of this section. Except by order of a Judge of the Supreme Court or of the President of the Industrial Court, no person shall be entitled to inspect or take copies of or extracts from any copy of a balance sheet of a company to which this subsection applies, or of any document included therein filed with the registrar.”. 4 E liz . II. An Act to Amend “ The Companies Acts, 1931 to No. 17. T he C ompanies 1954,” in certain particulars. A cts A mendment A ct op 1955. [A ssented to 22 nd A pril , 1955.] B E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— Short title. 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as “ The Companies Acts Amendment Act of 1955.” Principal (2.) *“ The Companies Acts, 1931 to 1954,” are in Act. this Act referred to as the Principal Act. Collective (3.) The Principal Act and this Act may be title. collectively cited as “ The Companies Acts, 1931 to 1955.” * 22 G. 5 No. 53 and amending Acts.