Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A company may keep a branch register of members of the company at a place outside Australia.
(2) If a company keeps an overseas branch register under subsection (1):
(a) the company must keep the branch register in the same manner as this Act requires the company to keep the register kept under section 169 (the principal register ); and
(b) the company must enter in the principal register the details contained in the branch register; and
(c) the company must distinguish shares that are registered in the branch register from the shares registered in the principal register.