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CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 No. 50, 2001 - SECT 1343

Disposal of securities if whereabouts of holder unknown

Where a person has been shown in an appropriate register of a company as the holder of securities of the company for a period of at least 6 years and the company has, for a period of at least 6 years:

(a)
had reasonable grounds for believing that the person was not residing at the address shown in the register as the person's address; and

(b)
on each occasion during that last-mentioned period when, whether or not in accordance with a provision of this Act, it sought to communicate with the person, being unable after the exercise of reasonable diligence to do so;

the company may, by executing a transfer for and on behalf of the person, transfer to ASIC:

(c)
the securities; and

(d)
any rights in respect of the securities;

to be dealt with under this Part.



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