Companies Act, 1956
Sec 118 - Right
to obtain copies of and inspect trust deed.
(1) A copy of any trust deed for securing any
issue of debentures shall be forwarded to the holder of any such debentures or
any member of the company, at this request and within seven days of the making
thereof, on payment :
(a) in the case of a printed trust deed, of
such sum as may be prescribed ; and
(b) in the case of a trust deed which has not
been printed, of such sum as may be prescribed for every one hundred words or
fractional part thereof required to be copied.
(2) If a copy is refused, or is not forwarded
within the time specified in sub-section (1), the company, and every officer of
the company who is in default, shall be punishable, for each offence, with fine
which may extend to five hundred rupees and with a further fine which may
extend to two hundred rupees for every day during which the offence continues.
(3) The Company Law Board may also, by order,
direct that the copy required shall forthwith be sent to the person requiring
it.
(4) The trust deed referred to in sub-section
(1) shall also be open to inspection by any member or debenture holder of the
company in the same manner, to the same extent, and on payment of the same
fees, as if it were the register of members of the company.