Companies (Certificates Validation) Act, 1969

This section says the Act may be cited as the Companies (Certificates Validation) Act.

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Jurisdiction: Zambia
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: Act 29 of 1969
Version: 31 Dec 1996
Language: en
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This section says the Act may be cited as the Companies (Certificates Validation) Act. This section defines key terms used in the Act: “Act,” “officer,” and “Registrar.” Certain certificates issued under the Act are treated as valid and properly issued, as if they were issued by the Registrar.

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AI-assisted research summary: This section says the Act may be cited as the Companies (Certificates Validation) Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Companies (Certiﬁcates Validation) Act.
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AI-assisted research summary: This section defines key terms used in the Act: “Act,” “officer,” and “Registrar.”

2. Interpretation In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— "Act" means the Companies Act; [Cap. 388] "ofﬁcer" means any public ofﬁcer heretofore designated as Assistant Registrar of Companies, or any other public ofﬁcer who heretofore for the time being exercised the function of issuing statutory certiﬁcates under the Act; "Registrar" means the Registrar of Companies appointed under the Act.
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Validity of certiﬁcates .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
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AI-assisted research summary: Certain certificates issued under the Act are treated as valid and properly issued, as if they were issued by the Registrar.

3. Validity of certiﬁcates For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that any certiﬁcate of incorporation, any certiﬁcate of mortgage, any certiﬁcate of charge or any other statutory certiﬁcate heretofore issued for the purposes of the Act under the hand of any ofﬁcer shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be and to have been validly and properly issued under the Act, as if the same had been issued under the hand of the Registrar. By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 1

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