law: Companies Act, 2013 
  171.
  
    Members’
  
  right to inspect.
  1.      The register kept
  
  under sub-section (1 ) of section 170,—
  a.     
  
    shall
  
  be open for inspection during business hours and the members shall have a right
  
  to take extracts there from and copies thereof, on a request by the members, be
  
  provided to them free of cost within thirty days; and
  b.    
  
    shall
  
  also be kept open for inspection at every annual general meeting of the company
  
  and shall be made accessible to any person attending the meeting.
  2.      If any inspection as
  
  provided in clause (a ) of sub-section (1 ) is refused, or if any
  
  copy required under that clause is not sent within thirty days from the date of
  
  receipt of such request, the Registrar shall on an application made to him
  
  order immediate inspection and supply of copies required there under.