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Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 · Part B · Chapter 14

Section 375 Place, duration and form of records

(1)
The accounting records of a company shall be kept at its registered office or such other place in Nigeria as the directors think fit, and shall at all times be open to inspection by the officers of the company.
(2)
Subject to any direction with respect to the disposal of records given under winding-up rules made under section 732 of this Act, accounting records which a company is required by section 374 of this Act to keep are preserved by it for six years from the date on which they were made.
(3)
A company may, in addition to original hard copies, keep electronic copies or registers of any document or record it is obliged to keep or maintain under this Act, and where a company chooses to maintain electronic copies or registers of its documents or records, the company shall give sufficient consideration to the quality of the hardware and software to be used, and technical specifications such as protocol, security, anti-virus protection or encryption.
Cite as: Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, section 375

What this section means

From the guide: Accounting records, annual accounts and the directors’ report under CAMA 2020

  • Every company must keep accounting records for six years (sections 374 and 375), and its directors must prepare financial statements for each year, including a directors’ report (sections 377 and 385).
  • Electronic copies are allowed if the company considers the quality and security of its systems (section 375).

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Source: Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (Act No. 3 of 2020), Official Gazette No. 124, Lagos, 10 August 2020. General information, not legal advice.