Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020

Section 36 - Registration Of Companies

(1) The memorandum of association shall be delivered to the Commission together with an application for registration of the company, the documents required by this section and a statement of compliance.

(2) The application for registration shall state -

(a) the company's proposed name;

(b) the registered office address and head office address if

different from the registered office address;

(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 is delivered by a person as agent for the subscribers to the memorandum of association, it shall state the name and address of that agent.

(4) The application shall contain-

(a) in the case of a company that has a share capital, a statement of initial issued share capital and initial shareholdings;

(b) in the case of a company that is limited by guarantee, a

statement of guarantee;

(c) a statement of the company's proposed directors;

(d) a statement of the proposed registered office of the company; and

(e) a copy of the proposed articles of association to the extent that these are not supplied by the default application of model articles.

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