All sections · Part XII: Continuation
217 セーシェル以外での継続
This section has been amended. The text above is the 2016 wording; the amending provisions follow.
(1) 第(2)項およびその覚書または定款に従い、登録機関が本法に基づき優良企業の証明書を発行する会社は、取締役の決議または普通決議により、セイシェル外の管轄区域の法律に基づき設立された会社として、それらの法律が定める方法で業務を継続することができる。
(2) 外国会社として存続している会社は、以下の場合を除き、この法律に基づいて設立された会社でなくなることはない。
(a) 本法令に基づいて支払うべきすべての料金および罰則や罰金を支払っていること。
(b) 外国の法域の法律が当該継続を認めており、当社が当該法律を遵守していること。
(c) 該当する場合は、(3)で言及されている声明文
が登録機関に提出されました。
(d) (4)項に基づく必要な通知および証明書
が登録機関に提出されていること、および
(e) 登録機関が、(5)項に従って、会社の事業の停止の証明書を発行したこと。
(3) 外国会社として存続を希望する会社が、その会社の財産に関して第1項に基づいて登録された電荷を有する場合。
181、その取締役の過半数が登録機関に宛てて、以下の旨を記載した書面を提出しなければならない。
(a) 第183条に基づき、電荷に関する満足または解放の通知が提出され、登録されていること。
(b) (a)項が遵守されていない場合、登録された債務が関係する被担保者が、会社を外国企業として存続させる意図を書面で通知され、被担保者が存続に同意し、または異議を唱えていない場合。
(c) (a)項が遵守されておらず、被担保者が(b)項に基づく通知の後、継続に同意または明示的な不承諾を与えていない場合、登録された債務を担保とする被担保者の権利は、継続によっていかなる形でも減少または損なわれず、債務は第218条(a)項の意味における負債とみなされるものとする。
(4) 外国会社として継続する会社は、登録機関にこれを提出しなければならない。
(a) 承認された形式による会社の継続通知、および
(b) (2)(b)項への準拠を判断する目的で、登録機関に宛てた書面による証明書（または会社の登録代理人(d)が証明したその抜粋）を以下の方法で提出する。
(i) 会社の取締役の過半数、または
(i) 会社が継続されるセーシェル国外の法域で認められ資格を有する弁護士で、当該国外の法域の法律が当該継続を許可していること、および会社が当該法律を遵守していることを証明するもの。
(5) 登録機関が、外国の法の下での会社の継続に関して、本法の要件が満たされていると満足した場合、登録機関は-．
(a) 承認された形式で、事業活動の停止証明書を発行する。
(b) 解散証明書の日付をもって、ITCの登録簿から会社名を削除する。
(c) 会社の登録抹消を官報に掲載する。
(6) (5)項に基づいて発行された停止証明書は、以下のことを疎明するものとする。
(a) 外国の法域の法の下での会社の継続に関する本法のすべての要件が満たされていること。
(b) 事業が、解散証明書に指定された日に放棄されていること。
(7)第(3)項に含まれるもの、または第(3)項に従って行われるものは、被担保者が会社に対して訴訟を起こすことを妨げるものではない。
(2) 外国会社として存続している会社は、以下の場合を除き、この法律に基づいて設立された会社でなくなることはない。
(a) 本法令に基づいて支払うべきすべての料金および罰則や罰金を支払っていること。
(b) 外国の法域の法律が当該継続を認めており、当社が当該法律を遵守していること。
(c) 該当する場合は、(3)で言及されている声明文
が登録機関に提出されました。
(d) (4)項に基づく必要な通知および証明書
が登録機関に提出されていること、および
(e) 登録機関が、(5)項に従って、会社の事業の停止の証明書を発行したこと。
(3) 外国会社として存続を希望する会社が、その会社の財産に関して第1項に基づいて登録された電荷を有する場合。
181、その取締役の過半数が登録機関に宛てて、以下の旨を記載した書面を提出しなければならない。
(a) 第183条に基づき、電荷に関する満足または解放の通知が提出され、登録されていること。
(b) (a)項が遵守されていない場合、登録された債務が関係する被担保者が、会社を外国企業として存続させる意図を書面で通知され、被担保者が存続に同意し、または異議を唱えていない場合。
(c) (a)項が遵守されておらず、被担保者が(b)項に基づく通知の後、継続に同意または明示的な不承諾を与えていない場合、登録された債務を担保とする被担保者の権利は、継続によっていかなる形でも減少または損なわれず、債務は第218条(a)項の意味における負債とみなされるものとする。
(4) 外国会社として継続する会社は、登録機関にこれを提出しなければならない。
(a) 承認された形式による会社の継続通知、および
(b) (2)(b)項への準拠を判断する目的で、登録機関に宛てた書面による証明書（または会社の登録代理人(d)が証明したその抜粋）を以下の方法で提出する。
(i) 会社の取締役の過半数、または
(i) 会社が継続されるセーシェル国外の法域で認められ資格を有する弁護士で、当該国外の法域の法律が当該継続を許可していること、および会社が当該法律を遵守していることを証明するもの。
(5) 登録機関が、外国の法の下での会社の継続に関して、本法の要件が満たされていると満足した場合、登録機関は-．
(a) 承認された形式で、事業活動の停止証明書を発行する。
(b) 解散証明書の日付をもって、ITCの登録簿から会社名を削除する。
(c) 会社の登録抹消を官報に掲載する。
(6) (5)項に基づいて発行された停止証明書は、以下のことを疎明するものとする。
(a) 外国の法域の法の下での会社の継続に関する本法のすべての要件が満たされていること。
(b) 事業が、解散証明書に指定された日に放棄されていること。
(7)第(3)項に含まれるもの、または第(3)項に従って行われるものは、被担保者が会社に対して訴訟を起こすことを妨げるものではない。
Translation for information only. Only the English original is legally binding.
Original wording (English, legally binding): Continuation outside Seychelles
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and to its memorandum or articles, a company
for which the Registrar would issue a certificate of good standing under
this Act may, by a resolution of directors or by ordinary resolution,
continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside Seychelles in the manner provided under those laws.
(2) A company that continues as a foreign company does not cease to be a
company incorporated under this Act unless —
(a) it has paid all its fees and any penalty or fine required to be paid
under this Act;
(b) the laws of the foreign jurisdiction permit such continuation and
the company has complied with those laws;
(c) where applicable, the declaration under subsection (3) has been
filed with the Registrar;
(d) the required notice and certificate under subsection (4) has been
filed with the Registrar; and
(e) the Registrar has issued a certificate of discontinuance of the
company under subsection (5).
(3) Where a company that wishes to continue as a foreign company has a
charge registered in respect of the property of the company under section 181, it shall file a written declaration by a majority of its directors
addressed to the Registrar specifying that —
(a) a notice of satisfaction or release in respect of the charge has
been filed and registered under section 183;
(b) where paragraph (a) has not been met, the chargee to whom the
registered charge relates has been notified in writing of the
intention to continue the company as a foreign company and
the chargee has given its consent or has no objection to the
continuation; or
(c) where paragraph (a) has not been met and the chargee, after
notification under paragraph (b), has not given its consent or
expressed non-objection to the continuation, the chargee‘s
interest secured by the registered charge shall not be diminished
or in any way compromised by the continuation and the charge
shall operate as a liability to which section 218(a) applies.
(4) A company that continues as a foreign company shall file with the
Registrar —
(a) a notice of the company‘s continuation in the approved form; and
(b) for the purposes of establishing compliance with subsection
(2)(b), a written certificate (or extract thereof certified by the
company‘s registered agent) addressed to the Registrar by —
(i) a majority of the company‘s directors; or
(ii) a lawyer qualified and entitled to practice law in the
jurisdiction outside Seychelles in which the company is
to be continued,
certifying that the laws of the foreign jurisdiction permit such
continuation and that the company has complied with those laws.
(5) If the Registrar is satisfied that the requirements of this Act in respect of
the continuation of a company under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction
have been complied with, the Registrar shall —
(a) issue a certificate of discontinuance of the company in the
approved form;
(b) strike the name of the company off the Register of International
Business Companies with effect from the date of the certificate
of discontinuance; and
(c) publish the striking off of the company in the Gazette.
(6) A certificate of discontinuance issued under subsection (5) is prima facie
evidence that —
(a) all the requirements of this Act in respect of the continuation of
a company under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction have been
complied with; and
(b) the company was discontinued on the date specified in the
certificate of discontinuance.
(7) Nothing contained in or done pursuant to subsection (3) shall operate as
a bar to any legal action a chargee may be entitled to in law against the
company.
for which the Registrar would issue a certificate of good standing under
this Act may, by a resolution of directors or by ordinary resolution,
continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside Seychelles in the manner provided under those laws.
(2) A company that continues as a foreign company does not cease to be a
company incorporated under this Act unless —
(a) it has paid all its fees and any penalty or fine required to be paid
under this Act;
(b) the laws of the foreign jurisdiction permit such continuation and
the company has complied with those laws;
(c) where applicable, the declaration under subsection (3) has been
filed with the Registrar;
(d) the required notice and certificate under subsection (4) has been
filed with the Registrar; and
(e) the Registrar has issued a certificate of discontinuance of the
company under subsection (5).
(3) Where a company that wishes to continue as a foreign company has a
charge registered in respect of the property of the company under section 181, it shall file a written declaration by a majority of its directors
addressed to the Registrar specifying that —
(a) a notice of satisfaction or release in respect of the charge has
been filed and registered under section 183;
(b) where paragraph (a) has not been met, the chargee to whom the
registered charge relates has been notified in writing of the
intention to continue the company as a foreign company and
the chargee has given its consent or has no objection to the
continuation; or
(c) where paragraph (a) has not been met and the chargee, after
notification under paragraph (b), has not given its consent or
expressed non-objection to the continuation, the chargee‘s
interest secured by the registered charge shall not be diminished
or in any way compromised by the continuation and the charge
shall operate as a liability to which section 218(a) applies.
(4) A company that continues as a foreign company shall file with the
Registrar —
(a) a notice of the company‘s continuation in the approved form; and
(b) for the purposes of establishing compliance with subsection
(2)(b), a written certificate (or extract thereof certified by the
company‘s registered agent) addressed to the Registrar by —
(i) a majority of the company‘s directors; or
(ii) a lawyer qualified and entitled to practice law in the
jurisdiction outside Seychelles in which the company is
to be continued,
certifying that the laws of the foreign jurisdiction permit such
continuation and that the company has complied with those laws.
(5) If the Registrar is satisfied that the requirements of this Act in respect of
the continuation of a company under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction
have been complied with, the Registrar shall —
(a) issue a certificate of discontinuance of the company in the
approved form;
(b) strike the name of the company off the Register of International
Business Companies with effect from the date of the certificate
of discontinuance; and
(c) publish the striking off of the company in the Gazette.
(6) A certificate of discontinuance issued under subsection (5) is prima facie
evidence that —
(a) all the requirements of this Act in respect of the continuation of
a company under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction have been
complied with; and
(b) the company was discontinued on the date specified in the
certificate of discontinuance.
(7) Nothing contained in or done pursuant to subsection (3) shall operate as
a bar to any legal action a chargee may be entitled to in law against the
company.
Amended since 2016
Act 32 of 2021 · 2021-08-02
41. Section 217 of the principal Act is amended —
(i) in subsection (2) —
(A) by repealing paragraph (c), and substituting therefor
the following paragraph —
“(c) the filings required under subsections (2A) and
(3) have been made to the Registrar's
satisfaction; and”;
(B) by repealing paragraph (d);
(ii) by inserting after subsection (2), the following subsections —
“(2A) A company that continues as a foreign company
shall file with the Registrar —
(a) a notice of the company's continuation
outside Seychelles in the approved form;
(b) a certified copy of the certificate of
continuation or equivalent document issued
in respect of the company by the
appropriate authority of the foreign
jurisdiction in which the company has been
continued;
(c) where applicable, the declaration under
subsection (3) ; and
(d) for the purposes of establishing compliance
with subsection (2)(b), a written certificate
or extract thereof certified by the company's
registered agent addressed to the Registrar
by a majority of the company's directors or a
lawyer qualified and entitled to practice law
in the jurisdiction outside Seychelles in
which the company is to be continued,
certifying that the laws of the foreign
jurisdiction permit such continuation and
that the company has complied with those
laws.
(2B) If a company has commenced an application
under this section to continue as a company outside
Seychelles and confirmation thereof is required by a foreign
registrar for the purposes of enabling the company to continue
as a foreign company, the Registrar may issue a letter
confirming that the company has commenced an application
to continue as a company outside Seychelles, provided that
such letter shall also state that the company's discontinuance
in Seychelles will only be completed on filing with the
Registrar the documents required under subsections (2) (2A)
and (3), including a certified copy of the certificate of
continuation or equivalent document issued in respect of the
company by the foreign registrar.”;
(iii) by repealing subsection (4).
(i) in subsection (2) —
(A) by repealing paragraph (c), and substituting therefor
the following paragraph —
“(c) the filings required under subsections (2A) and
(3) have been made to the Registrar's
satisfaction; and”;
(B) by repealing paragraph (d);
(ii) by inserting after subsection (2), the following subsections —
“(2A) A company that continues as a foreign company
shall file with the Registrar —
(a) a notice of the company's continuation
outside Seychelles in the approved form;
(b) a certified copy of the certificate of
continuation or equivalent document issued
in respect of the company by the
appropriate authority of the foreign
jurisdiction in which the company has been
continued;
(c) where applicable, the declaration under
subsection (3) ; and
(d) for the purposes of establishing compliance
with subsection (2)(b), a written certificate
or extract thereof certified by the company's
registered agent addressed to the Registrar
by a majority of the company's directors or a
lawyer qualified and entitled to practice law
in the jurisdiction outside Seychelles in
which the company is to be continued,
certifying that the laws of the foreign
jurisdiction permit such continuation and
that the company has complied with those
laws.
(2B) If a company has commenced an application
under this section to continue as a company outside
Seychelles and confirmation thereof is required by a foreign
registrar for the purposes of enabling the company to continue
as a foreign company, the Registrar may issue a letter
confirming that the company has commenced an application
to continue as a company outside Seychelles, provided that
such letter shall also state that the company's discontinuance
in Seychelles will only be completed on filing with the
Registrar the documents required under subsections (2) (2A)
and (3), including a certified copy of the certificate of
continuation or equivalent document issued in respect of the
company by the foreign registrar.”;
(iii) by repealing subsection (4).
