Section 399 — Inspection, production and evidence of documents kept by Registrar

(1) Save as otherwise
provided elsewhere in this Act, any person may—
(a) inspect by electronic means any documents kept by the Registrar in accordance with the rules
made, being documents filed or registered by him in pursuance of this Act, or making a record of any
fact required or authorised to be recorded or registered in pursuance of this Act, on payment for each
inspection of such fees as may be prescribed;
(b) require a certificate of the incorporation of an y company, or a copy or extract of any other
document or any part of any other document to be certified by the Registrar, on payment in advance of
such fees as may be prescribed:
Provided that the rights conferred by this sub-section shall be exercisable—
(i) in relation to documents delivered to the Registrar with a prospectus in pursuance of section
26, only during the fourteen days beginning with the date of publication of the prospectus; and at
other times, only with the permission of the Central Government; and
(ii) in relation to documents so delivered in pursuance of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section
388, only during the fourteen days beginning with the date of the prospectus; and at other times,
only with the permission of the Central Government.
(2) No process for compelling the production of any document kept by the Registrar shall issue from
any court or the Tribunal except with the leave of that court or the Tribunal and any such process, if issued,
shall bear thereon a statement that it is issued with the leave of the court or the Tribunal.
(3) A copy of, or extract from, any document kept and registered at any of the offices for the registration