2004
No. 58 of 1911.
COMPANIES.
Stamp and signature of memorandum, 8 Edw. 7, c. 69, s. 6.
Restriction
(2) If the company has a share capital-
(i) no subscriber of the memorandum may take less than one share;
(ii) each subscriber must write opposite to his name the number of shares he takes.
7. The memorandum must bear the same stamp as if it were a deed, and must be signed by such subscriber in the presence of at least one witness who must attest the signature.
8. A company may not alter the conditions contained in its memorandum except in the cases and in the mode and to the extent for which express provision is made in this Ordinance.
8 Edw. 7, c. 69, s. 7.
Name of company, and change of name.
8 Edw. 7, c. 69, s. 8.
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9.--(1) A company may not be registered by a name identical with that by which a company in existence is already registered, or so nearly resembling that name as to be calculated to deceive, except where the company in existence is in the course of being dissolved and signifies its consent in such manner as the Registrar of Companies requires: Provided that the Registrar of Companies may require that the year of its incorporation shall form part of the name of the last incorporated company.
(2) If a company, through inadvertence or otherwise, is, without such consent as aforesaid, registered by a name identical with that by which a company in existence is previously registered, or so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive, the first-mentioned company shall, within three months after the sending by the Registrar of Companies to its registered address of a notice requiring it so to do, change its name.
(3) Any company may, by special resolution and with the approval of the Governor, or in the case of a China company, with the approval of the Minister, signified in writing, change its name.
(4) Where a company changes its name, the Registrar of Companies shall enter the new name on the register in place of the former name, and shall issue a certificate of incorporation altered to meet the circumstances of the case.
† As amended by No. 31 of 1915, No. 12 of 1921 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.