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Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973)

Companies Administrative Regulations, 1973

2. Documents

 

 

1) All documents lodged with the Office shall, unless the Registrar otherwise directs, be written in block capitals or be typewritten, lithographed or printed in legible characters, with deep permanent black ink on one side only of strong white paper of a size approximately 298 millimetres by 207 millimetres (international paper size A4) leaving a margin of at least 20 millimetres on the left-hand side thereof: Provided that the requirements of this regulation are met if documents have been lodged in accordance with the operational requirements and proof of payment of the prescribed fee (if any) has been provided.

 

2) Documents or copies of documents to be transmitted or returned to any company or person may, unless the Registrar otherwise directs in any particular case, be copies of originals.

 

3) The Registrar may reject any document which in his opinion is unsuitable for purposes of record or which does not satisfy the operational requirements.

 

4) Subject to the provisions of sections 57, 152(2)(b), 322(1)(a), 328 and 329(5) of the Act, all documents to be lodged with the Office shall be in one of the official languages of the Republic.

 

5) A copy of any document in the Office reproduced from the CIPRO record retention system, purporting to be certified by the Registrar or an officer or employee contemplated in section 7(3) of the Act, shall without proof or production of the original, upon the mere production thereof in proceedings, whether in a court of law or otherwise, be admissible as evidence in respect of the contents of such document.