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

274 Effect of striking off

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

(1) Where the name of a company has been struck off the Register, the
company and the directors, members and any liquidator or receiver
thereof, shall not —

(a) commence legal proceedings, carry on any business or in any
way deal with the assets of the company;

(b) defend any legal proceedings, make any claim or claim any right
for, or in the name of, the company; or

(c) act in any way with respect to the affairs of the company.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where the name of a company has been
struck off the Register, the company, or a director, member, liquidator or
receiver thereof, may —

(a) make application for restoration of the company to the Register;

(b) continue to defend proceedings that were commenced against the
company prior to the date of the striking-off; and

(c) continue to carry on legal proceedings that were instituted on
behalf of the company prior to the date of striking-off.

(3) The fact that the name of a company is struck off the Register does not
prevent —

(a) the company from incurring liabilities;

(b) any creditor from making a claim against the company and
pursuing the claim through to judgment or execution; or

(c) the Financial Intelligence Unit, Seychelles Revenue Commission
or any other governmental body from making a claim against the
company under a written law of Seychelles and pursuing the
claim through to judgment or execution,

and does not affect the liability of any of its members, directors, other
officers or agents.


(4) A company continues to be liable for all fees and penalties payable under
this Act notwithstanding that the name of the company has been struck
off the Register.

Amended since 2016

Act 9 of 2025 · 2025-07-01
7. Section 274 of the principal Act is amended —
(a) in subsection (1), in the chapeau, by repealing the words
“the company and the directors, members and any
liquidator or receiver thereof” and therefor substituting
the words “the former directors, former members and any
former liquidator or former receiver”;
(b) in subsection (2), by repealing the words “the company,
or a director, member, liquidator or receiver” and therefor
substituting the words “the former directors, former
members and any former liquidator or former receiver ”.
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