PART IIFORMATION AND REGISTRATION OF COMPANIES; JURIDICAL STATUS AND MEMBERSHIP

CHAPTER ICOMPANY FORMATION

Registration and its consequences

Documents to be sent to registrar21

1

A company's memorandum and articles (if any) shall be delivered to the registrar.

2

With the memorandum there shall be delivered a statement in the prescribed form containing the names and requisite particulars of—

a

the person who is, or the persons who are, to be the first director or directors of the company; and

F2ba

in the case of a company that is to be a private company, any person who is (or any persons who are) to be the first secretary (or joint secretaries) of the company;

bb

in the case of a company that is to be a public company, the person who is (or the persons who are) to be the first secretary (or joint secretaries) of the company.

and the requisite particulars in each case are those set out in Schedule 1.

3

The statement shall be signed by or on behalf of the subscribers of the memorandum and shall contain a consent signed by each of the persons named in it as a director, as secretary or as one of joint secretaries, to act in the relevant capacity.

4

Where a memorandum is delivered by a person as agent for the subscribers, the statement shall specify that fact and the person's name and address.

5

An appointment by a company's articles delivered with the memorandum of a person as director or secretary of the company is void unless he is named as a director or secretary in the statement.

6

There shall in the statement be specified the intended situation of the company's registered office on incorporation.