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NO. 29 OF 2014


inspection, allowed to maintain an alternate address under subsection (2).

(14) Nothing in this section applies to any information transferred to the register from any previous register or prevents such information from being disclosed or from being made available for public inspection or access.

(15) Nothing in this section prevents the residential address that is lodged with the Registrar under this Act, or is transmitted to the Registrar by the Commissioner of National Registration under section 8A of the National Registration Act from—

(a) being used by the Registrar for the purposes of any communication with the individual;
(b) being disclosed for the purposes of issuing any summons or other legal process against the individual for the purposes of this Act or any other written law;
(c) being disclosed in compliance with the requirement of any court or the provisions of any written law;
(d) being disclosed for the purpose of assisting any public officer or officer of any statutory body in the investigation or prosecution of any offence under any written law; or
(e) being disclosed in such other circumstances as may be prescribed.

(16) Any individual aggrieved by the decision of the Registrar under subsection (8) may, within 30 days after the date of receiving the notice under subsection (11), appeal to the High Court which may confirm the decision or give such directions in the matter as seem proper or otherwise determine the matter.

(17) For the purposes of this section—

(a) “ACRA administered Act” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act (Cap. 2A) and any of the written laws specified in the Second Schedule to that Act;
(b) “previous register” means the register kept under the Business Registration Act (Cap. 32) repealed by this Act; and