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

276 Herinschrijving van de vennootschap in het register door de griffier

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

1) Behoudens de onderafdelingen 2, 3 en 4 is, wanneer een vennootschap niet is ontbonden, maar haar naam uit het register is geschrapt op grond van -.
a) artikel 272, lid 1, onder b), v), wegens het niet betalen van boetes die door de griffier krachtens deze wet zijn opgelegd (andere dan die bedoeld in artikel 272, lid 1, onder c)) ; of
b) artikel 272, lid 1, onder c), wegens niet-betaling van de jaarlijkse bijdrage of van een boete wegens laattijdige betaling daarvan,
Op verzoek tot herstel van de naam van de vennootschap in het register, gedaan in de door een schuldeiser, lid, voormalig lid, directeur, voormalig directeur, vereffenaar of voormalig vereffenaar van de vennootschap goedgekeurde vorm, kan de griffier, naar eigen goeddunken en tegen betaling van de in deel II van de tweede bijlage genoemde herstelvergoeding en alle verschuldigde taksen en boetes, de naam van de vennootschap in het register herstellen en de vennootschap een kennisgeving van herstel doen toekomen.
2) Wanneer de naam van een vennootschap uit hoofde van artikel 272, lid 1, onder b), punt v) , in het register is doorgehaald wegens niet-betaling van boetes die de Registrar op grond van deze Akte (anders dan ingevolge artikel 272, lid 1, onder b), punt c) , heeft opgelegd, kan de vennootschap ingevolge lid 1 niet in ere worden hersteld, tenzij de Registrar ervan overtuigd is dat de overtreding van deze Akte waarvoor de boete is opgelegd, volledig is. c) ), wordt het bedrijf niet hersteld ingevolge onderafdeling 1) tenzij de griffier ervan overtuigd is dat de overtreding van deze wet waarvoor de sanctie is opgelegd, volledig ongedaan is gemaakt.
3) Een verzoeker ingevolge lid 1 moet een persoon die gemachtigd is internationale bedrijfsdiensten te verlenen ingevolge de International Corporate Service Providers Act (Cap 275) aanwijzen als de geregistreerde agent van de herstelde vennootschap en het herstelverzoek namens de verzoeker bij de griffier indienen.
(4) Indien de voorgestelde geregistreerde agent van de vennootschap niet de geregistreerde agent van de vennootschap was op het ogenblik van de doorhaling in het register (de -uitgaande geregistreerde agent ) , moet het verzoek vergezeld gaan van de schriftelijke toestemming van de uittredende geregistreerde agent voor de wijziging van de geregistreerde agent.
5) De aftredende geregistreerde agent van een vennootschap moet zijn schriftelijke toestemming krachtens lid 4 geven, tenzij de verschuldigde rechten niet zijn betaald.
(6) Een vennootschap die op grond van deze afdeling weer in het register is ingeschreven, wordt geacht te blijven bestaan alsof zij niet uit het register was geschrapt.

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

Original wording (English, legally binding): Restoration of company to the Register by Registrar
(1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), where a company is not dissolved
but its name has been struck off the Register under —


(a) section 272(1)(b)(v) for non-payment of any penalty fees
imposed by the Registrar under this Act (other than as referred
to in section 272(1)(c)); or

(b) section 272(1)(c) for non-payment of its annual fee or any late
payment penalty thereon, upon application for restoration of the
company‘s name to the Register being made in the approved
form by a creditor, member, former member, director, former
director, liquidator or former liquidator of the company, the
Registrar may in its absolute discretion and upon payment of
the restoration fee referred to in Part II of the Second Schedule
and of all outstanding fees and penalties, restore the name of
the company to the Register and issue a notice of restoration to
the company.

(2) Where the name of a company has been struck off the Register under
section 272(1)(b)(v) for non-payment of penalty fees imposed by the
Registrar under this Act (other than as referred to in section 272(1)(c)),
the company shall not be eligible for restoration under subsection (1)
unless the Registrar is satisfied that the contravention of this Act for
which the penalty was imposed has been remedied in full.

(3) An 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 the restoration application
on the applicant‘s behalf with the Registrar.

(4) If the proposed registered agent of the company was not the company‘s
registered agent when it was struck off the Register (the „outgoing
registered agent“), the application shall be accompanied by the written
consent to the change of registered agent by the outgoing registered
agent.

(5) A company‘s outgoing registered agent shall provide its written consent
under subsection (4) unless any fees due and payable to it have not been
paid.


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

Amended since 2016

Act 32 of 2021 · 2021-08-02
44. Section 276 of the principal Act is amended —
(i) in subsection (1), by repealing the words “Subject to
subsections (1A), (2), (3) and (4), where a company is not
dissolved but its name has been struck off the Register”, and
substituting therefor the words “Subject to subsections (1A),
(1B), (1C), (1D), (2) (3) and (4), where the name of a
company has been struck off the Register”;
(ii) in subsection (1A), by repealing the words “section 272(1)(a)(ii) or (iii)”, and substituting therefor the words
“section 272(1)(a)(ii), (iii) or (iv)”;
(iii) by inserting after subsection (1A), the following subsections —
“(1B) The Registrar shall not restore the name of a
company if the Registrar is not satisfied that the company is in
compliance with 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.
(1C) An application to restore the name of a struck off
or dissolved company to the Register under subsection (1)
may be made to the Registrar —
(a) within one year 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 Part XVII.
(1D) 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 Registrar shall only restore the name of the company if he
is satisfied that the new member is similar 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 Registrar shall not restore a company
if he 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.”;
(iv) by inserting after subsection (6), the following subsection —
“(7) Where a company —
(a) is not dissolved, but its name has been struck-
off the Register under the former Act or this
Act, on or before the commencement of the
International Business Companies
(Amendment) Act, 2021;
(b) the name of the company has remained
continuously struck-off for one year or more
on the 31st December, 2021; and
(c) the name of the company has not been
restored to the Register on or before the 31st
December, 2021,
the company shall, notwithstanding section 275, be deemed
to have been dissolved on the 1st January, 2022.”.
Act 63 of 2021 · 2021-12-20
(e) Section 276 of the principal Act is amended, with effect from
1st January, 2022 —
(i) in subsection (1C), —
(a) in paragraph (a), by repealing the word “date” and
substituting therefor the words “date of striking
off under section 272(1)(c) or within one year
from the date”;
(b) in paragraph (b), by repealing the words “Sub-Part
II, III or IV”, and substituting therefor the words
“Sub-Part I,”;
(ii) in subsection (4), by inserting after the words “by the
outgoing registered agent” the words “, unless the
outgoing registered agent has resigned as registered
agent of the company after the company was struck-
off”;
Act 19 of 2024 · 2024-12-18
17. Section 276 of the principal Act is amended —
(a) by repealing subsection (1C) and substituting it with the
following —
“(1C) An application to restore the name of a struck off or
dissolved company to the Register under subsection
(1) may be made to the Registrar within five years
of the date of striking-off or dissolution under Sub-
7
Part I of Part XVII. ”
(b) by repealing subsection (7) and substituting it with the
following —
“(7) Notwithstanding section 275, where —
(a) a company is not dissolved, but its
name has been struck-off the Register;
(b) the name of the company has remained
struck-off on the date of commencement
of the International Business Companies
(Amendment) Act, 2024; and
(c) the name of the company has not been
restored to the Register on or before
date of commencement of the
International Business Companies
(Amendment) Act, 2024,
the company shall be deemed to have been dissolved on the
date of commencement of the International Business
Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024.”
Act 9 of 2025 · 2025-07-01
8. Section 276 of the principal Act is amended in subsection (1B) —
(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 are no adverse information on the company
or its beneficial owners.”.
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