All sections · Part XVII: Striking Off, Winding Up And Dissolution · Sub-Part I: Striking off and dissolution

277 Action en justice pour la réinscription de la société au registre

This section has been amended. The text above is the 2016 wording; the amending provisions follow.

(1) Sous réserve du paragraphe (2), lorsque le nom d'une société a été radié du registre pour quelque raison que ce soit, le tribunal peut être saisi d'une demande visant à rétablir dans le registre le nom de la société qui a été radiée ou dissoute par...
(a) un créancier, un membre, un ancien membre, un administrateur, un ancien administrateur, un liquidateur ou un ancien liquidateur de la société ; ou
b) toute autre personne qui peut avoir un intérêt dans la réinscription de la société au registre.
(2) Une demande de rétablissement du nom d'une société radiée ou dissoute dans le registre en vertu du paragraphe (1) peut être présentée au tribunal-.
(a) dans les dix ans suivant la date de l'avis publié dans la Gazette en vertu de l'article 272(4) ; ou
(b) dans les cinq ans suivant la date de la dissolution en vertu des paragraphes II, III ou IV de la partie XVII de la présente loi.
(3) La demande est notifiée au greffier, qui a le droit de comparaître et d'être entendu lors de l'audition de la demande.
(4) Sur demande en vertu du paragraphe (1) et sous réserve du paragraphe (1)
(5) le tribunal peut -
a) réintégrer la société aux conditions qu'elle juge appropriées et enregistrer les recours en justice pour réintégrer la société autour d'elle
(b) donner les instructions ou rendre les ordonnances qu'il juge nécessaires ou souhaitables afin de placer la Société et toutes les autres personnes dans la même situation que si la Société n'avait pas été liquidée ou radiée du registre.
(5) Lorsque le tribunal rend une ordonnance rétablissant une société dans le registre, le demandeur visé au paragraphe (1) doit désigner une personne autorisée en vertu de la loi sur les fournisseurs de services aux sociétés internationales (Cap 275) à fournir des services aux sociétés internationales pour agir en tant qu'agent enregistré de la société rétablie et qui doit déposer une copie scellée de l'ordonnance de rétablissement auprès du registraire au nom du demandeur.
(6) À la réception d'une copie déposée d'un ordre de réintégration scellé déposé en vertu du paragraphe (5), mais sous réserve du paragraphe (7), le registraire réinscrit la société au registre à compter de la date et de l'heure auxquelles la copie de l'ordre scellé a été déposée.
(7) Nonobstant la réception d'une copie de l'ordre de réintégration scellé, le registraire ne réintégrera pas la société dans le registre avant que-.
(a) le paiement de toutes les cotisations annuelles impayées et de toutes les pénalités ou autres frais payables en vertu de la présente loi à l'égard de la Société ; et
(b) si l'agent enregistré proposé de la Société n'était pas l'agent enregistré de la Société lorsqu'il a été révoqué par le Registre (l'agent enregistré sortant), le Registre doit obtenir le consentement écrit de l'agent enregistré sortant pour le changement d'agent enregistré (qui doit donner ce consentement à moins que les frais qui lui sont dus et payables n'aient pas été payés).
(8) Une société dissoute rétablie en vertu du présent article est inscrite au registre sous le nom qu'elle avait immédiatement avant la dissolution, à condition que si le nom de la société a été rétabli conformément à la cinquième annexe, la société soit rétablie au registre sous son nom composé de son numéro de société et du mot -Limited.
(9) Une société qui est réenregistrée en vertu du présent article est réputée continuer à exister comme si elle n'avait pas été dissoute ou radiée du registre.

Translation for information only. Only the English original is legally binding.

Original wording (English, legally binding): Court application to restore company to Register
(1) Subject to subsection (2), where the name of a company has been struck
restore company to
off the Register for any reason, an application to restore the name of the
Register
struck off or dissolved company to the Register may be made to the Court
by —

(a) a creditor, member, former member, director, former director,
liquidator or former liquidator of the company; or

(b) any other person who can establish an interest in having the
company restored to the Register.

(2) An application to restore the name of a struck off or dissolved company
to the Register under subsection (1) may be made to the Court —

(a) within ten years of the date of the striking-off notice published in
the Gazette under section 272(4); or

(b) within five years of the date of dissolution under Sub-Part II, III
or IV of the Part XVII of this Act.

(3) Notice of the application shall be served on the Registrar, who is entitled
to appear and be heard on the hearing of the application.

(4) On an application under subsection (1) and subject to subsection (5), the
Court may —

(a) restore the company to the Register subject to such conditions as
it considers appropriate; and

(b) give such directions or make such orders as it considers necessary
or desirable for the purpose of placing the company and any other
persons as nearly as possible in the same position as if the
company had not been dissolved or struck off the Register.

(5) Where the Court makes an order restoring a company to the Register, the
applicant under subsection (1) shall engage a person who is licensed to
provide international corporate services under the International
Corporate Service Providers Act (Cap 275) to act as the restored
company‘s registered agent and who shall file a sealed copy of the
restoration order on the applicant‘s behalf with the Registrar.

(6) On receiving a filed copy of a sealed restoration order filed under
subsection (5) but subject to subsection (7), the Registrar shall restore the
company to the Register with effect from the date and time that the copy
of the sealed order was filed.


(7) Notwithstanding its receipt of a copy of the sealed restoration order, the
Registrar shall not restore the company to the Register until —

(a) payment to it of all outstanding annual fees and any penalty or
other fees payable under this Act in relation to the company;
and

(b) if the proposed registered agent of the company was not the
company‘s registered agent when it was struck off the Registrar
(the „outgoing registered agent“), the Registrar receives a
written consent to the change of registered agent by the
outgoing registered agent (who must provide such consent
unless any fees due and payable to it have not been paid).

(8) A dissolved company restored under this section is restored to the
Register with the name that it had immediately before it was dissolved,
provided that if the name of the company has been reused in accordance
with the Fifth Schedule, the company is restored to the Register with its
name consisting of its company number followed by the word „Limited“.

(9) A company that is restored to the Register under this section is deemed
to have continued in existence as if it had not been dissolved or struck off
the Register.

Amended since 2016

Act 32 of 2021 · 2021-08-02
45. Section 277 of the principal Act is amended —
(i) in subsection (2) —
(A) in paragraph (a), by repealing the words “twelve
years”, and substituting therefor the words “one year”;
(B) in paragraph (b), by repealing the words “five years”,
and substituting therefor the words “three years”;
(ii) in subsection (4), in the chapeau, by repealing the words
“subsection (5)”, and substituting therefor the words
“subsections (4A), (4B) and (5)”;
(iii) by inserting after subsection (4), the following subsection —
“(4A) The Court shall not restore the name of a struck off
or dissolved company if the Registrar is not satisfied that the
company is in compliance of its obligations —
(a) under this Act relating to accounting records,
register of members and register of director;
and
(b) under the Beneficial Ownership Act, 2020
(Act 4 of 2020) relating to register of
beneficial owners.
(4B) In the case of a company whose name was struck
off the Register —
(a) for failing to have members due to all its
shares becoming void under the former Act;
or
(b) for any other reason and all its shares
becoming void under the former Act,
the Court shall only restore the name of the company if it is
satisfied that the new member is identical to a member
registered in the register of members as an owner of the shares
at the date prior to the shares becoming void:
Provided that the Court shall not restore a company if it is
satisfied that there is no member registered in the register of
members as an owner of the shares at the date prior to the
shares becoming void.”.
Act 63 of 2021 · 2021-12-20
(f) Section 277 of the principal Act is amended with effect from
1st January, 2022 —
(i) in subsection (2), —
(A) in paragraph (a), by repealing the word “date” and
substituting thereof the words “date of striking off
under section 272(1)(c) or within one year from
the date”;
(B) in paragraph (b), —
(a) by repealing the words “three years”, and
substituting therefor the words “five years”;
(b) by repealing the words “Sub-Part”, and
substituting therefor the words “Sub-Part
I,”;
(ii) in subsection (4A), by repealing the words “the
Registrar” and substituting therefor the words “the
Court”;
Act 19 of 2024 · 2024-12-18
18. Section 277 of the principal Act is amended by repealing
subsection (2) and substituting it with the following —
“(2) An application to restore the name of a struck off or
dissolved company to the Register under subsection (1) may be
made to the Court within five years of the date of striking-off or
dissolution under Sub-Part I, II, III or IV of Part XVII of this Act.”
Act 9 of 2025 · 2025-07-01
9. Section 277 of the principal Act is amended in subsection (4A), —
(a) in the chapeau, by repealing the words “the company is in
compliance with its obligations”;
(b) in paragraph (a), —
(i) by repealing the word “under” and therefor
substituting the words “the company is in
compliance with its obligations under”;
(ii) by repealing the word “and” at the end;
(c) in paragraph (b) —
(i) by repealing the word “under” and therefor
substituting the words “the company is in
compliance with its obligations under”;
(ii) by repealing the word “beneficial owners.” and therefor
substituting the words “beneficial owners; and”;
(d) by inserting after paragraph (b) the following new
paragraph —
“(c) there is no adverse information on the company or
its beneficial owners.”.
Amendment of section 25 of the International Business Companies
(Amendment) Act, 2024 (Act 19 of 2024)
10. Section 25 of the International Business Companies (Amendment)
Act, 2024 (Act 19 of 2024) is amended by repealing the words and figure “within
12 months from such commencement” and therefor substituting the words and
th
figures “by 30 June 2025”.
Transitional provision
11. Every person who, immediately prior to the commencement of this
Act, is acting as a nominee member shall comply with the provisions of subsection
(1C) of section 104 of the International Business Companies Act, 2016 (Act 15 of
2016) by 30th June, 2025, as amended by this Act.
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