(1) A company may keep a branch register of members 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.