Company Act Article 210
Subject to the provisions otherwise provided for by the competent authority in charge of securities affairs, the board of directors shall keep at the head office of the company copies of the Articles of Incorporation, the minutes of every meeting of the shareholders and the financial statements, and shall keep at the head office of the company or the business office of its shareholder service agent the shareholders roster and the counterfoil of corporate bonds issued by the company.Any shareholder and any creditor of a company may request at any time, by submitting evidentiary document(s) to show his/her interests involved and indicating the scope of interested matters, an access to inspect, transcribe and to make copies of the Articles of Incorporation and accounting books and records referred to in the preceding paragraph; if the Articles of Incorporation and accounting books and records are kept in a shareholder service agent, the company shall make such agent to provide with the access.The director representing a company who violates the provisions set out in Paragraph One hereinabove by not making the Articles of Incorporation and accounting books and records available shall be imposed with a fine of not less than NT$ 10,000 but not more than NT$ 50,000; for a public company, the director representing a company shall be imposed with a fine by the competent authority in charge of securities affairs of not less than NT$240,000 but not more than NT$2,400,000.The director representing a company who violates the provisions set out in Paragraph Two by refusing the inspection, transcription or copying of relevant information or fails to make the shareholder service agent to provide with the access without good cause shown shall be imposed with a fine of not less than NT$ 10,000 but not more than NT$ 50,000; for a public company, the director representing a company shall be imposed with a fine by the competent authority in charge of securities affairs of not less than NT$240,000 but not more than NT$2,400,000.Under the circumstances of the preceding two paragraphs, the competent authority or the competent authority in charge of securities affairs shall notify the company to rectify its law violating act within a given time limit; and if the company fails to take corrective action beyond the given time limit, the competent authority or the competent authority in charge of securities affairs shall continually notify the company to rectify its law violating act within a given time limit and impose the fine consecutively for each time of non-compliance until the law violating act is rectified.
中文原文 公司法第210條
除證券主管機關另有規定外,董事會應將章程及歷屆股東會議事錄、財務報表備置於本公司,並將股東名簿及公司債存根簿備置於本公司或股務代理機構。
前項章程及簿冊,股東及公司之債權人得檢具利害關係證明文件,指定範圍,隨時請求查閱、抄錄或複製;其備置於股務代理機構者,公司應令股務代理機構提供。
代表公司之董事,違反第一項規定,不備置章程、簿冊者,處新臺幣一萬元以上五萬元以下罰鍰。
但公開發行股票之公司,由證券主管機關處代表公司之董事新臺幣二十四萬元以上二百四十萬元以下罰鍰。
代表公司之董事,違反第二項規定無正當理由而拒絕查閱、抄錄、複製或未令股務代理機構提供者,處新臺幣一萬元以上五萬元以下罰鍰。
但公開發行股票之公司,由證券主管機關處代表公司之董事新臺幣二十四萬元以上二百四十萬元以下罰鍰。
前二項情形,主管機關或證券主管機關並應令其限期改正;屆期未改正者,繼續令其限期改正,並按次處罰至改正為止。
前項章程及簿冊,股東及公司之債權人得檢具利害關係證明文件,指定範圍,隨時請求查閱、抄錄或複製;其備置於股務代理機構者,公司應令股務代理機構提供。
代表公司之董事,違反第一項規定,不備置章程、簿冊者,處新臺幣一萬元以上五萬元以下罰鍰。
但公開發行股票之公司,由證券主管機關處代表公司之董事新臺幣二十四萬元以上二百四十萬元以下罰鍰。
代表公司之董事,違反第二項規定無正當理由而拒絕查閱、抄錄、複製或未令股務代理機構提供者,處新臺幣一萬元以上五萬元以下罰鍰。
但公開發行股票之公司,由證券主管機關處代表公司之董事新臺幣二十四萬元以上二百四十萬元以下罰鍰。
前二項情形,主管機關或證券主管機關並應令其限期改正;屆期未改正者,繼續令其限期改正,並按次處罰至改正為止。