C1Part 2Company formation

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Requirements for registration

12Statement of proposed officers

1

The statement of the company's proposed officers required to be delivered to the registrar must contain the required particulars of—

a

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

b

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;

c

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.

2

The required particulars are the particulars that will be required F2(or, in the absence of an election under section 167A or 279A, would be required) to be stated—

a

in the case of a director, in the company's register of directors and register of directors' residential addresses (see sections 162 to 166);

b

in the case of a secretary, in the company's register of secretaries (see sections 277 to 279).

3

F1The statement must also include a statement by the subscribers to the memorandum of association that each of the persons named as a director, as secretary or as one of the joint secretaries has consented to act in the relevant capacity.

If all the partners in a firm are to be joint secretaries, consent may be given by one partner on behalf of all of them.