Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992)

Section 335 - Obligation to state name of external company

(1) An external company shall,

(a) conspicuously exhibit on every place where it carries on business in Ghana the company name, the country in which the company is incorporated, and, if the liability of the members is limited, the fact that it is so limited; and

(b) state the name of the company and of the country in which the company is incorporated and if the liability of the members is limited that fact that it is so limited, in legible letters at the head of the business letters of the company despatched in Ghana.

(2) Where the name of the company is in a foreign language, the requirements of this section relating to the name of the company are fulfilled if the company exhibits and states a translation of the name in a language acceptable to the Registrar.

(3) The fact that the word “limited”, or its equivalent in a foreign language, forms part of the name of the company is not sufficient compliance with the obligations imposed by this section relating to the exhibition and stating of the fact that the liability of the members is limited.

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