All sections · Part VIII: Administration · Sub-Part I: Registered Office
162 changement de domicile
This section has been amended. The text above is the 2016 wording; the amending provisions follow.
(1) Une société peut modifier son acte constitutif et ses statuts pour changer le lieu de son siège social -.
(a) nonobstant toute disposition contraire dans l'acte constitutif ou les statuts, par résolution ordinaire ; ou
(b) si le mémorandum ou les statuts l'autorisent, par une résolution des administrateurs,
déposé auprès du Registre des sociétés conformément à l'article 23, à condition que le siège social d'une société soit la même adresse que le principal lieu d'activité de son agent enregistré aux Seychelles.
(2) Le transfert du siège social prend effet au moment du dépôt par le greffier d'une copie certifiée conforme ou d'un extrait de la résolution déposée au paragraphe (1) en vertu de l'article 23.
(a) nonobstant toute disposition contraire dans l'acte constitutif ou les statuts, par résolution ordinaire ; ou
(b) si le mémorandum ou les statuts l'autorisent, par une résolution des administrateurs,
déposé auprès du Registre des sociétés conformément à l'article 23, à condition que le siège social d'une société soit la même adresse que le principal lieu d'activité de son agent enregistré aux Seychelles.
(2) Le transfert du siège social prend effet au moment du dépôt par le greffier d'une copie certifiée conforme ou d'un extrait de la résolution déposée au paragraphe (1) en vertu de l'article 23.
Translation for information only. Only the English original is legally binding.
Original wording (English, legally binding): Change of registered office
(1) A company may amend its memorandum to change the location of its
registered office
registered office —
(a) notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the
memorandum or articles, by ordinary resolution; or
(b) if authorised by the memorandum or articles, by resolution of
directors,
filed with the Registrar in accordance with section 23, provided that a
company‘s registered office shall be the same address as the principal
place of business in Seychelles of its registered agent.
(2) A change of registered office takes effect on the registration by the
Registrar of a certified copy or extract of the resolution referred to in
subsection (1) filed in accordance with section 23.
registered office
registered office —
(a) notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the
memorandum or articles, by ordinary resolution; or
(b) if authorised by the memorandum or articles, by resolution of
directors,
filed with the Registrar in accordance with section 23, provided that a
company‘s registered office shall be the same address as the principal
place of business in Seychelles of its registered agent.
(2) A change of registered office takes effect on the registration by the
Registrar of a certified copy or extract of the resolution referred to in
subsection (1) filed in accordance with section 23.
Amended since 2016
Act 32 of 2021 · 2021-08-02
30. Section 162 of the principal Act is amended, by repealing
subsection (1), and substituting therefor the following subsections —
“(1) Subject to section 23 and subsections (1A), (1B) and (2),
a company may amend its memorandum to change the location of
its registered office by resolution of members or resolution of
directors as provided for in its memorandum or articles.
(1A) If the memorandum or articles of a company do not state
the type of resolution that is required to amend its memorandum to
change the location of its registered office, an ordinary resolution
shall be sufficient.
(1B) An ordinary resolution shall be sufficient to amend the
memorandum to change the location of its registered office,
notwithstanding that the memorandum or articles of a company
contains a provision prohibiting the change of the location of its
registered office.”.
subsection (1), and substituting therefor the following subsections —
“(1) Subject to section 23 and subsections (1A), (1B) and (2),
a company may amend its memorandum to change the location of
its registered office by resolution of members or resolution of
directors as provided for in its memorandum or articles.
(1A) If the memorandum or articles of a company do not state
the type of resolution that is required to amend its memorandum to
change the location of its registered office, an ordinary resolution
shall be sufficient.
(1B) An ordinary resolution shall be sufficient to amend the
memorandum to change the location of its registered office,
notwithstanding that the memorandum or articles of a company
contains a provision prohibiting the change of the location of its
registered office.”.
