Schedule 3: Amendments of remaining provisions of the Companies Act 1985 relating to offences Part 37: Companies: Supplementary Provisions Section 1138: Duty to take precautions against falsification
1457.This section replaces section 722(2) and (3) of the 1985 Act. It makes it an offence not to take measures that protect records from falsification or help trace any falsification. This provision applies to records that are not kept in bound books, whether or not they are kept electronically, but does not apply either to companies’ copies of the directors’ service contracts or to copies of any qualifying third party indemnity provisions benefiting a director.