(1) A company shall keep a register (the "register") of its directors and secretaries and, if any, its assistant and deputy secretaries.

(2) Subject to subsection (4) and section 150(11), the register shall contain the following particulars relating to each director:

(a) his or her present forename and surname and any former forename and surname;

(b) his or her date of birth;

(c) his or her usual residential address;

(d) his or her nationality;

(e) his or her business occupation, if any; and

(f) particulars of any other directorships of bodies corporate, whether incorporated in the State or elsewhere, held by him or her or which have been held by him or her.

(3) Sections 215 to 217 (rights of inspection, requests for copies, etc.) apply to the register.

(4) It shall not be necessary for the register to contain on any day particulars of any directorship -

(a) which has not been held by a director at any time during the 5 years preceding that day;