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Section 13 of The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015: Registration documents

    

(1) A person who wishes to register a company shall lodge with the Registrar—
(a) an application for registration of the company that complies with
subsections (2) and (4);
(b) a memorandum of association of the company; and
(c) except as provided by section 21, a copy of the proposed articles of
association.
(2) An application for registration complies with this subsection if it states—
(a) the proposed name of the company;
(b) the proposed location of the registered office of the company;
(c) whether the liability of the members of the company is to be limited,
and if so whether it is to be limited by shares or by guarantee; and
(d) whether the company is to be a private or a public company.
(3) If the application for registration of a company is submitted by an agent for
the subscribers to the memorandum of association, the agent shall include in the
application the name and address of the agent.
(4) An application for registration complies with this subsection if it contains or
is accompanied by—
(a) in the case of a company that is to have a share capital, a statement
of capital and initial shareholding in accordance with section 14;
(b) in the case of a company that is to be limited by guarantee, a
statement of guarantee in accordance with section 15; and
(c) a statement of the company's proposed officers in accordance with
section 16.
(5) In order to be registered, the articles of association of a company are
required to—
(a) be contained in a single document;
(b) be printed;
(c) be divided into paragraphs numbered consecutively;
(d) be dated; and
(e) be signed by each subscriber to the articles.
(6) A subscriber's signature is required to be attested by a witness, whose
name, occupation and postal address are required to be written or printed below
the subscriber's signature.

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