Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992)

Section 20 - Alteration of objects or business

(1) Where applicable, a company may change the business for which the company was incorporated to carry on, or in the case of a company not formed for the purpose of carrying on a business, the objects of the company by special resolution.

(2) Within twenty-eight days of the passing of the special resolution under subsection (1), notice of the resolution shall be given in the prescribed form to the holders of the debentures secured by a floating charge over any of the property of the company and to the trustees for the debenture holders.

(3) Where a company defaults in giving a notice as required by this section, the company and every officer of that company that is in default is liable to pay to the Registrar an administrative penalty of fifty penalty units.

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