Statutory Registers as per Companies Act

Sr. No.	Relevant Sections	Register/Books/Returns	Inspection	Fees/Charges for Inspection, if any	Clarification	Mandatory or Non-Mandatory
1.	49(7)	Register of investments in any shares or securities not held in names its own name	Members and Debenture holder	Without any fees	Such as shares in which amount invested by the company taken in the name of director than in the name of company	Mandatory
2	58A read with rule 7 of the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975) & RBI Directions	Registers of deposits	Not open for Inspection	NA		Mandatory
3	77A(9)	Register of securities Bought Back	Not open for inspection	NA	Details of shares bought back and extinguished	Mandatory
4	143(1)	Register of charges	(a) Member or Debenture holder or a creditor (b) any other person	(a) Without any fees (b) On payment of requisite fees	Details of charges on assets of  the company	Mandatory
5	150(1)	Register of members	(a) Member or Debenture Holder or a creditor (b) any other person	(a) Without any fees (b) On payment of requisite fees	Name, Address, Occupation, Shareholding etc to be recorded	Mandatory
6	151(1)	Index to members	(a) Member or Debenture Holder or a creditor (b) any other person	(a) Without any fees (b) On payment of requisite fees	--	Mandatory for companies having more than 50 members
7	152(2)	Register of debenture-holders	(a) Member or Debenture Holder or a creditor (b) any other person	(a) Without any fees (b) On payment of requisite fees	Detail of debenture issued and name, address, occupation of debenture holders etc.	Mandatory for companies who have issued debentures
8	152(2)	Index of debentures-holders	(a) Member or Debenture Holder or a creditor (b) any other person	(a) Without any fees (b) On payment of requisite fees	--	Mandatory for companies having more than 50 debenture holders
9	152A	Register & Index of Beneficial Owners	Any Member	Without any fees	Records maintained by the depository shall be treated as statutory register for the purpose	Companies whose shares are in Dmat form
10	157 and 158	Foreign register of members or debenture	(a) Member or Debenture Holder or a creditor (b) any other person	(a) Without any fees (b) On payment of requisite fees	If any company is willing to maintain a register of its shareholders or debenture holders outside it’s registered office	Mandatory to inform ROC about maintaining of any such register.
15	301	Register of contracts, companies and firms in which directors are interested	Member	Without any fees	Recording of disclosures of section 297 & section 299	Mandatory
16	302(6)	Register of contracts entered into by the company for the appointment of Manager or Managing Director	Member	Without any fees	--	Mandatory
17	303(1)	Register of Director/Managing Director/Manager/Whole Time Director/Secretary	Member	Without any fees	--	Mandatory
18	307	Register of Directors’ shareholdings, etc.	Member or Debenture Holders	Without any fees	--	Mandatory
19	370(1C)	Register of loans, etc., to companies under the same management	Member	On payment of requisite fees.	--	Mandatory
20	372(6)	Register of investments in shares of anybody corporate	Member	Without any fees	--	Mandatory
21	372A	Register of loans made, guarantees given, securities provided or investment made by the company	Member or Debenture holder	Without any fees	--	Mandatory
22	Rule 7(2) of the Companies (Issue of Share Certificates) Rules, 1960	Register of renewed and duplicate Share certificates	Not open for inspection	NA	--	Mandatory
23	581-ZE(1)	Books of account of the Producer Company	Open for Public inspection	Without any fees	--	Mandatory
24	581-ZL(7)	Register of particulars of Investments of producer companies	Member	Without any fees	--	Mandatory
25	69-75	Register of Allotments	Member or Debenture holder	Without any fees	--	Mandatory
26	205	Dividend Register	Member	Without any fees	--	Mandatory
27	192A	Register of Postal Ballot			--	Mandatory
28	285	Register of Directors’ Attendance	Not Open for Inspection	NA	--	Mandatory
29	79A	Register of Sweat Equity Shares	Member	Without any fees	--	Mandatory