Any one or more persons may apply for incorporation of a company, except for LLC’s which require two members. The name of the company must be reserved with the registrar prior to incorporation.
The application for incorporation must be in the prescribed form and signed by each applicant. It must state:
- the full name and address of each applicant;
- particulars of any business occupation and directorships of any public company or subsidiary of a public company held by each director;
- in the case of a company having a capital, for every shareholder, a full name and residential address, the class and number of shares to be issued, the amount to be paid or other consideration with the signature signifying the consent to be a shareholder;
- in the case a company is limited by guarantee, the consent to be a member and a statement specifying the amount up to which the member undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event it is wound up;
- whether the company is a limited company or an unlimited company;
- in the case of a one-person company, the full name and residential address and occupation of the person nominated by the proposed director to be the secretary of the company.
- A declaration by the applicant that the information provided in the application is true and correct.
The application to the Registrar of Companies must also be accompanied by the following documents:
- consent to be a director or secretary;
- a certificate that the director and/or secretary is not disqualified from being appointed and/or holding office as director or secretary.
- the notice of name reservation.
- where the proposed company is to have a constitution, a document by at least one applicant that the document is the company’s constitution.
