The Companies Act, 2019 ( ACT 992)
Section 290: (1) A document may be served by a company on a member, debenture holder, or director of the company personally, or by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to that person at the address on the register of members, debenture holders, or directors, or if there is no registered address, at the address, supplied by that person to the company for the giving of notices, or by leaving it for that person with a person apparently over the age of sixteen years at that address.
(2) A document may be served by a company on the joint holders of a share or debenture of the company by serving it on the joint holder named first in the register of members or debenture holders in respect of the share or debenture.
(3) A document may be served by a company
(a) on the person on whom ownership of a share or debenture has devolved by reason of that person being a legal personal representative, receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of a member or debenture holder personally,
(b) by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to the person by
(i) name,
(ii) title of the representative of the deceased, receiver or trustee of the bankrupt or by any like description at the address supplied for the purpose by that person; or
(c) by leaving it for the person with a person apparently over the age of sixteen years at the address supplied for the purpose by the person.
(4) Where an address has not been supplied by the person for the purpose of service under this section, the document may be served in a manner which the document might have been served, if the death, receivership or bankruptcy had not occurred.
(5) Where a document is sent by post, service shall be deemed to
(a) be effected by properly addressing, pre-paying and posting a letter containing the document, and
(b) have been effected at the expiration of forty-eight hours after the letter containing the document is posted.
(6) The letter need not be despatched by registered post but where it is sent to an address outside Ghana it shall be despatched by air-mail.
(7) The service of a document on a shareholder or creditor includes sending the document by electronic mail, or facsimile machine and service shall be deemed to be effected by
(a) properly addressing, attaching and mailing the document to the electronic mail address in the case of communication by electronic mail, or
(b) sending the document to a telephone contact used by the person concerned for the transmission of documents by facsimile subject to section 292.
Procedure to Follow
1. Applicant may purchase a set of Limited Liability Forms from the in-house bank or via download
2. Provide Consent letter from certified auditor by the Institute of Chartered Auditors and must be registered as a Sole Proprietor/Partnership
3. Form 3 must be witnessed by Commissioner for Oaths/Notary Public/Self-Declared
4. A minimum of two directors is required. Each must submit Statutory Declaration & Consent Letter with the registion Form
5. Submit filled forms at the Company Registration Counter for Verification and Capturing or via Online
6. Pay two hundred and thirty Ghanaian Cedi (GHS 230) for Incorporation or via Online Also Filing fee of Fifty Ghanaian Cedi (GHS 50) and 0.5% stamp duty on stated capital at the in-house bank or via Online Registrar Examines, Approves & Issues : Certificate of Incorporation Certified Copy(CTC) of Standard/Registered Constitution of the Company Certified Copy(CTC) of Form 3 File Annual Returns at Fifty Ghanaian Cedi(GHS 50) together with Audited Account
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Responsible Institution
- Email: info@rgd.gov.gh
- Website: https://www.rgd.gov.gh
- GPS: GA-143-4647
- Telephone: +233 302 664 691-93
Relevant Forms to Download
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