A.D. 1865.]
COMPANIES.
[No. 1.
55
25 & 26 Vict. c. 89 s. 17.
Schedule: Table B.
(2.) There shall be paid to the Registrar by a company having a capital divided into shares, in respect of the several matters mentioned in the Table marked B in the First Schedule to this Ordinance, the several fees therein specified, or such other fees as the Governor may from time to time direct, and by a company not having a capital divided into shares, in respect of the several matters mentioned in the Table marked C in the First Schedule to this Ordinance, the several fees therein specified, or such other fees as the Governor may from time to time direct.
(3.) All fees paid to the Registrar in pursuance of this Ordinance shall be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer, and be carried by him to the account of the funds of this Colony.
Schedule: Table C.
Ib. s. 18.
22.—(1.) On the registration of the memorandum of association, and of the articles of association in cases where articles of association are required by this Ordinance or by the desire of the parties to be registered, the Registrar of Companies shall certify under his hand that the company is incorporated, and in the case of a limited company that the company is limited.
(2.) Thereupon the subscribers to the memorandum of association, together with such other persons as may from time to time become members of the company, shall be a body corporate by the name contained in the memorandum of association, capable forthwith of exercising all the functions of an incorporated company and having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to hold lands, but with such liability on the part of the members to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of the same being wound up as is hereinafter mentioned.
(3.) A certificate of the incorporation of any company given by the Registrar shall be conclusive evidence that all the requisitions of this Ordinance in respect of registration have been complied with.
23.—(1.) A copy of the memorandum of association, having annexed thereto the articles of association, if any, shall be forwarded to every member, at his request, on payment of the sum of one dollar or such less sum as may be prescribed by the company, for each copy.
(2.) If any company makes default in forwarding a copy of the memorandum of association and articles of association, if any, to a member in pursuance of this section, the company so making default shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars; and every director and manager of the company who knowingly and wilfully authorizes or permits such default shall be liable to the like penalty.
Copies of memorandum and articles to be furnished to members.
Ib. s. 19.
Prohibition of identity of names of
24. (1.) No company shall be registered under a name identical with that by which a subsisting company is already registered, or so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive.