The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Certain records not to be made available for public inspection
(1) The Registrar may not make available for public inspection— (a) the contents of a document sent to the Registrar containing vi…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Right of members of public to be provided with copies of records kept by Registrar
(1) Any member of the public may apply to the Registrar for a copy of anyrecord that forms part of the Register or the Foreign Com…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Right of members of public to inspect Register
(1) Every member of the public has the right to inspect the Register. (2) The right of inspection extends to the originals of docu…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Power of Registrar to destroy records of dissolved company after lapse of two years
(1) At any time after the expiry of two years from the date on which— (a) a company has been dissolved; or (b) a foreign company h…
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Preservation of original documents
(1) Subject to section 854(3), the Registrar shall keep the originals of documents lodged with the Registrar in hard copy form for…
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Allocation of unique identifiers for purpose of identifying directors and certain other persons
(1) The regulations may provide for the use, in connection with the Register, of reference numbers or unique identifiers to identi…
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Annotation of the Register
(1) The Registrar shall note in the Register- (a) the date on which a document is lodged with the Registrar for registration; (b)…
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Registrar's notice to remedy defective lodgement
(1) This section applies if a document lodged with the Registrar for registration — (a) does not meet the requirements for proper…
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Power of Registrar to exclude unnecessary information
(1) For the purpose of this section, information is unnecessary if it— (a) is not required in order to comply with an obligation i…
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Power of Registrar to accept replacement for document previously lodged
(1) The Registrar may accept a replacement for a document previously lodged that did not comply with the requirements for proper l…
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Powers of Registrar to correct documents in certain cases
(1) A document that is lodged with the Registrar for registration may be corrected by the Registrar if it appears to the Registrar…
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Requirements for proper lodgement
(1) A document lodged with the Registrar for registration is not properly lodged for the purposes of this Act unless the following…
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Document not lodged for purposes of this Act until received by Registrar
(1) A document is not lodged with the Registrar for registration until theRegistrar or a member of the Registrar's staff actually…
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Agreement for lodgement of documents by electronic means
(1) The Registrar may enter into a written agreement with a company providingfor documents relating to the company that are requir…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Regulations may require documents to be lodged by electronic means
(1) The regulations may require documents, or documents of a specified class,that are required to be lodged with the Registrar for…
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Power of Registrar to impose requirements with respect to lodgement of documents
(1) The Registrar shall specify the form, authentication and manner of lodgement of documents required or permitted to be lodged w…
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Registrar to allocate unique number to each foreign company registered under this Act
(1) The Registrar shall allocate to every foreign company registered under thisAct a unique number, to be called the company's reg…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Registrar to allocate number to each company
(1) The Registrar shall allocate to every company a registered number, to becalled the company’s registered number that complies w…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Right to obtain certificate of incorporation
(1) The Registrar shall, if requested to do so by a person and on paymentof the prescribed fee (if any), provide the person with a…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Registrar to give public notice of issue of certificate of incorporation
(1) The Registrar shall publish in the Gazette or in accordance with section 875, notice of the issue by the Registrar of every ce…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Fees payable to Registrar
(1) The regulations may require the payment to the Registrar of fees in respect of— (a) the performance of any of the Registrar's…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Registrar’s official seal
The Registrar is required to have an official seal for the authentication of documents in connection with the performance of the R…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Register of Companies and functions of Registrar
(1) The Register of Companies referred to in section 3 of the repealed Act is continued. (2) The Registrar continues to be respons…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Registrar and Deputy and Assistant Registrars of Companies
(1) There is established the Office of the Registrar of Companies. (2) If the office of Registrar becomes vacant, the Cabinet Secr…
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