Companies Amendment Act | Act 35 of 2001 — South Africa law | Esheria

Companies Amendment Act

This Act amends the Companies Act, 1973 to allow electronic lodgement and access to required documents, provide for related fees, and further regulate a company’s acquisition of its own shares.

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Jurisdiction
South Africa
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
Act 35 of 2001
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
Updated
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Statute overview

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This Act amends the Companies Act, 1973 to allow electronic lodgement and access to required documents, provide for related fees, and further regulate a company’s acquisition of its own shares. Section 1 is amended to expand several definitions and to treat certain specified acts as including electronic methods, subject to Gazette notice by the Registrar. Any person may inspect or get a copy/extract of certain converted documents through an electronic medium approved by the Registrar, subject to subsection (4) and payment of the prescribed fee; the section also says no fee is payable under subsections (1) or (1A). The Registrar may direct that money be transferred in another manner, including electronically. A document, form, return, or notice is not complete unless proof of payment of the required fees or other moneys has been delivered to or acknowledged by the Registrar. This section amends subsection (1), paragraph (bA) of section 1.5 of the principal Act by replacing it with new wording about reproducing records in the Companies Registration Office or the office of the Master.