Section 139 — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Company must send copy of constitution to member

(1) A company must send a copy of its constitution to a member of the company within 7 days if the member:

(a) asks the company, in writing, for the copy; and

(b) pays any fee (up to the prescribed amount) required by the company.

(2) An offence based on subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 136 — Constitution of a company
s 137 — Date of effect of adoption, modification or repeal of constitution
s 138 — ASIC may direct company to lodge consolidated constitution
s 140 — Effect of constitution and replaceable rules
s 141 — Table of replaceable rules
s 142 — Registered office

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