Electronic statement concerning private company becoming public
6.—(1) Article 53 of the 1986 Order (re-registration of private company as public) is amended as follows.
(2) At the beginning of sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (3), insert the words “subject to paragraph (3A),”.
(3) Insert the following paragraphs after paragraph (3)–
“(3A) In place of the statutory declaration referred to in sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (3), there may be delivered to the registrar using electronic communications a statement made by a director or secretary of the company as to the matters set out in heads (i) and (ii) of that sub-paragraph.
(3B) Any person who makes a false statement under paragraph (3A) which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true is liable to imprisonment or a fine, or both.”.