The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
The authorised minimum
For the purposes of sections 516 and 517, the authorised minimum in relation to the nominal value of a public listed company's all…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Procedure for obtaining trading certificate
(1) A public company that wishes to obtain a trading certificate shall make an application in writing to the Registrar. (2) The Re…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Public company: requirement for minimum share capital
(1) A company that is a public company shall not conduct business or exercise a borrowing power unless the Registrar has issued it…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Validity of allotment etc not affected
Nothing in this Part affects the validity of an allotment or sale of securities or of an agreement to allot or sell securities.
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Enforcement of prohibition: power of Court to make remedial orders
(1) An order is a remedial order for the purpose of this section if it is made in order to place a person affected by a contravent…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Enforcement of prohibition: orders available to the Court after contravention
(1) If a member or creditor of a company, or the Attorney-General, alleges that a company is contravening, or has contravened, sec…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Enforcement of prohibition: order restraining proposed contravention
(1) If a member or creditor of a company, or the Attorney-General, alleges thata company is proposing to act in contravention of s…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Prohibition of public offers by private companies
(1) A private company limited by shares or a company limited by guarantee shall not— (a) offer to the public any securities of the…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Interpretation: Part XIX
(1) For the purposes of this Part, an offer to the public includes an offer to any section of the public, however selected. (2) An…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Duty to consult
Regulations purporting to be made under sections 506 or 507, and an order purporting to be made under section 508, are invalid unl…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Provision enabling or requiring arrangements to be adopted: order making powers
(1) The Cabinet Secretary may, by order— (a) designate classes of companies for the purposes of section 507; (b) provide that, in…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Power to make regulations requiring arrangements to be adopted
(1) Regulations made for the purpose of this Division may— (a) enable the members of a company or of any designated class of compa…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Provision enabling procedures for evidencing and transferring title
(1) Regulations may be made for the purpose of this Division to enable title to securities to be evidenced and transferred without…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Power of Court to order company to make good failure to issue certain documents
(1) If a company is failing to comply with section 496 (1), any person claiming to be affected by the failure may serve on the com…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Company no longer authorised to issue share warrants after commencement of this section
(1) Irrespective of whether a company limited by shares purports to be authorised by its articles to issue with respect to any ful…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Duty of company as to issue of certificates etc on transfer
(1) A company shall, within two months after the date on which a transfer of any of its shares, debentures or debenture stock is l…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Certification of document of transfer of shares or debentures
(1) A certificate issued by a company in relation to a transfer of shares in, or of debentures of, the company is to be taken to b…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Evidence of grant of probate, etc
(1) If a document produced to a company is by law sufficient evidence of thegrant of— (a) probate of the will of a deceased person…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Execution of share transfer by executor or administrator
A document of transfer of the share or other interest of a deceased member of a company— (a) can be made by the deceased member's…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Transfer of shares on application of transferor
(1) On the application of the transferor of any share or interest in a company,the company shall enter in its register of members…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Procedure on transfer being lodged
(1) As soon as practicable (and in any case not later than two months) after the date on which a transfer of a company’s shares or…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Registration of transfer of shares and debentures
(1) A company may register a transfer of shares in or debentures of thecompany only if a proper document of transfer has been deli…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Duty of company as to issue of certificates etc. on allotment
(1) A company shall, within two months after the allotment of any of its shares, debentures or debenture stock, complete and have…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Share certificate to be evidence of title
A certificate duly executed in accordance with section 37 specifying any shares held by a member is, in the absence of proof to th…
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