New Company ACT 2009

It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act, which is hereby published for general information:– No. 71 of 2008: Companies Act, 2008.

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies (MP) has published the draft Companies Regulations, 2010 and rectification notice to the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008, following the identification of grammatical, technical and other substantive inconsistencies in the Act.

SAIPA Technical Department sent the Regulations to the Technical Committee for comment. After the Regulations were sent to the Committee the Technical Department had a meeting with the Committee together with experts in the field. The experts that attended the meeting were Prof. Walter Geach and Prof. Farouk Cassim. A Submission was drafted by the Technical Committee together with the Experts. The SAIPA comments for the rectification notice was prepared by Mr. Pieter Stassen.

The ACT is attached below: (PDF, 197 pg)