§255
Section 255 — Power to inspect registers of companies
In plain terms: This section lets authorities, when authorised in writing, inspect registers of companies and use them for the purposes of the Act.
The Assessing Officer, assessment unit, verification unit, the Joint Commissioner or the Joint Commissioner (Appeals) or the Commissioner (Appeals), or any person subordinate thereof and authorised in writing in this behalf by such officer or authority, may inspect, and if necessary, take copies, or cause copies to be taken, of any register of the members, debenture holders or mortgagees of any company or of any entry in such register.