New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
In this Act, the term shareholder, in relation to a company, means—
(a) A person whose name is entered in the share register as the holder for the time being of one or more shares in the company:
(b) Until the person's name is entered in the share register, a person named as a shareholder in an application for the registration of a company at the time of registration of the company:
(c) Until the person's name is entered in the share register, a person who is entitled to have that person's name entered in the share register under a registered amalgamation proposal as a shareholder in an amalgamated company.