Companies Act, 1956
Sec 304 - Inspection of the register.
(1) The register kept under section 303 shall
be open to the inspection of any member of the company without charge and of
any other person on payment of one rupee for each inspection during business
hours subject to such reasonable restrictions as the company may by its
articles or in general meeting impose, so that not less than two hours in each
day are allowed for inspection.
(2) If any inspection required under
sub-section (1) is refused,
(a) the company, and every officer of the
company who is in default, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to
five hundred rupees; and
(b) the Company Law Board may, by order,
compel an immediate inspection of the register.