Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020
Section 822
(1) Every individual, firm or corporation carrying on business under a registered business name shall, not later than the 30th day of June in each year, except the calendar year in which the business name is registered, deliver to the Commission a return in a prescribed form showing the particulars of the individual, firm or corporation and the nature of the business carried on.
(2) The returns shall be accompanied by the financial statement of the individual, firm or corporation in the business during the preceding period of January 1 to December 31.
(3) The returns and the accompanying financial statement shall be signed, in the case of an individual or firm consisting only of individuals, by the individuals and in the case of a corporation or a partner who is a corporation, by a director and the secretary.
(4) Every individual, firm or corporation that fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section is liable to a penalty and a daily default penalty prescribed in the Commission's regulations.
823. (1) Where two or more trustees are appointed by any community of persons bound together by custom, religion, kinship or nationality or by anybody or association of persons established for any religious, educational, literary, scientific, social, development, cultural, sporting or charitable purpose, they may, if so authorised by the community, body or association (in this Act referred to as "the association") apply to the Commission in the manner provided for registration under this Act as a corporate body.
(2) Upon being so registered by the Commission, the trustees shall become a corporate body in accordance with the provisions of section 830 of this Part.
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