ACT 125
COMPANIES ACT 1965 (REVISED - 1973)
PART VI - ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
DIVISION 1 - ACCOUNTS

 
Section 170. Members of company entitled to balance sheet, etc.
 

(1) A copy of every profit and loss account and balance sheet (including every document required by law to be attached thereto) which is to be laid before company in general meeting accompanied by a copy of the auditor's report thereon shall, not less than fourteen days before the date of the meeting, be sent to all persons entitled to receive notice of general notice of general meeting of the company: Provided that if the copies of the documents aforesaid are sent less than fourteen days before the date of the meeting, they shall, notwithstanding that fact, be deemed to have been duly sent if it is so agreed by all the members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting.

(2) Any member of a company (whether he is or is not entitled to have sent to him copies of the profit and loss accounts and balance sheets) to whom copies have not been sent and any holder of a debenture shall, on a request being made by him to the company, be furnished by the company without charge with a copy of the last profit and loss account and balance sheet of the company (including every document required by this Act to be attached thereto) together with a copy of the auditor's report thereon.

(3) If default is made in complying with subsection (1) or (2) the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, unless it is proved that the member or holder of a debenture in question has already made a request for and been furnished for and been furnished with a copy of the document. Penalty: Two thousand five hundred ringgit. Default penalty.