Companies Act 71 of 2008 & regulations

Key Addresses; Quick Finder for Key Topics; Companies Act 71 of 2008; Chapter XIV of the Companies Act 61 of 1973; Regulations; Companies Regulations, 2011; Forms—on CD-ROM; Regulations for the Winding-Up and Judicial Management of Companies; Electronic Filing of Company and; External Company Annual Returns; Designation of Facsimile Numbers for Public Contact with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission; Notice of authorised signature for purposes of applications submitted to the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission; Notice of alternative methods for incorporating a short standard private company and maintaining company and close corporation information with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission; Notice in terms of Regulation 171 of the Companies Regulations, 2011: Fees and charges to be paid to the Takeover Regulation Panel; Notice of Introduction of Online Payment Methods by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission; Deactivation of Manual Filing Channel for Short Standard Private (COR15.1A) and Short Standard Non-Profit without Members (COR15.1C) Company Registrations Guidance Notes; Guidance Note 1 of 2011: Registration of companies; Guidance Note 2 of 2011: Registration of companies; Guidance Note 3 of 2011: Changes to external company detail; Guidance Note 4 of 2011: No more conversion from company to a close corporation; Guidance Note 5 of 2011: Vetting and registration of prospectuses; Guidance Note 6 of 2011: Conversion of pre-existing companies limited by guarantee in terms of the Act; Guidance Note 7 of 2011: Conversion of close corporations to companies in terms of the Act; Guidance Note 8 of 2011: Conversion of par value shares in terms of the Act Guidance Note 1 of 2012: Change of financial year end; Guidance Note 4 of 2012: Rejections in relation to applications for close corporations amendments; Guidance Note 1 of 2013: Amendment of Corporate Constitutions (Memorandum and Articles of Association) before expiry date of transitional arrangements under the Act; Guidance Note: Audit and accounting requirements of the Act; Guidance Note: Application of section 22 of the Act on close corporations Practice Notes; Practice Note 4 of 2008: Creditors’ Voluntary Winding-Up under section 351 of the Companies Act, 1973 Practice Note 1 of 2011: Companies and close corporations postal and physical address requirements; Practice Note 3 of 2011: Companies and close corporations procedure for approval for distribution of commission forms; Practice Note 4 of 2011: Detail of incorporators on local companies Practice Note 5 of 2011: Detail of directors to be provided on CoR14.1 Annexure A and CoR39; Practice Note 6 of 2011: Detail required for registration of external companies; Practice Note 9 of 2011: Use of customer codes on CoR14.1, CoR15.2, CK1 and CK2; Practice Note: Procedures in relation to amendments to auditors or company secretary; Practice Note: Procedures in relation to amendments to email addresses used for changes in directorship; Practice Note 1 of 2012: Position of pre-existing companies on the adoption of a new (MoI) or the amendment of an existing MoI Practice Note 2 of 2012: Interpretation and application of section 23 of the Act and regulation 43 of the Regulations; Practice Note 3 of 2012: Notice on documents required in respect of applications for liquidation of either solvent or insolvent companies and close corporations; Practice Note 4 of 2012: Interpretation of section 11(3)(b) read with section 15(2)(b) and (c) of the Act in relation to the use of `(RF)’ in the name of a company; Practice Note 6 of 2012: Requirements for re-instatement in terms of the Act; Practice Note 7 of 2012: Application for deregistration of companies and close corporations in terms of the Act; Practice Note 1 of 2014: Name changes for companies initially registered with only a registration number Practice Note 2 of 2014: Requirements for appointing and resignation of auditors and/or company secretaries; Practice Note 3 of 2014: Business rescue filing procedure; Practice Note 3 of 2015: Conditions of the conditional license; Practice Note 1 of 2016: Annual returns—correct disclosure of turnover value; Practice Note 2 of 2016: Merger and amalgamation filing procedure (CoR89); Practice Note 3 of 2016: Notice of shareholders meeting; Practice Notes 4 and 5 of 2016; Practice Note 8 of 2017: Requirements for re-instatement in terms of regulation 4(2)(b) of the Companies Regulations, 2011; Practice Note 9 of 2017: Service of subpoenas and other court documents on CIPC.