Section 638 of The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015: Requirements for individual financial statements
(1) In preparing an individual financial statement for a financial year, the directors of a company shall ensure that the statement complies with the requirements of this section.
(2) The requirements are that—
(a) the statement comprises—
(i) a balance sheet as at the last day of the financial year;
(ii) a profit and loss account;
(iii) a statement of cash flow; and
(iv) a statement of change in equity; (b) the statement—
(i) in the case of the balance sheet—provides a true and fair view of the financial position of the company as at the end of the financial year; and
(ii) in the case of the profit and loss account—provides a true and fair view of the profit or loss of the company for the financial year; and
(c) the statement complies with the prescribed financial accounting standards relating to—
(i) the form and content of the balance sheet and profit and loss account; and
(ii) additional information to be provided in the form of notes to the statement.
(3) If compliance with—
(a) the prescribed financial accounting standards; and
(b) any other provision made by or under this Act as to the matters to be included in a company's individual financial statement or in notes to the statement,
would not be sufficient to provide a true and fair view, the directors shall provide
the necessary additional information in the statement or in a note to it.
(4) If, in special circumstances, compliance with the provisions referred to insubsection (4) is not consistent with the requirement to provide a true and fair view, the directors shall depart from the provisions to the extent necessary to provide a true and fair view.
(5) The directors shall provide in a note to the financial statement particulars of any such departure, the reasons for it and its effect in accordance with prescribed accounting standards.
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