The Companies Act, 2019 ( ACT 992)
Section 303: (1) A public company shall, within twenty-eight days after incorporation, or after its conversion from a private company in accordance with section 302, deliver to the Registrar for registration a statement in lieu of prospectus, signed by every person who is named in the statement as a director or a proposed director of the company or by the agent of that person authorised in writing, in the form and containing the particulars set out in Part One of the Ninth Schedule and, in the cases mentioned in Part Two of that Schedule, accompanied by the financial statements and reports specified in the Schedule.
(2) A copy of the statement in lieu of prospectus shall be delivered to the Commission.
(3) A statement in lieu of prospectus delivered under subsection (1) shall, where the persons making the report specified in Part Two of the Ninth Schedule have made any adjustments as are mentioned in para- graph 27 of that Schedule, have endorsed on the statement or attached to the statement a written statement signed by those persons setting out the adjustments and giving the reason for the adjustments.
(4) Where a company contravenes subsection (1), or (3), the company and an officer of the company who is in default is liable to pay to the Registrar, an administrative penalty of five hundred penalty units.
(5) Where a statement in lieu of prospectus delivered to the Registrar under subsection (I) includes an untrue statement or omits truth- fully to state any of the particulars required to be stated by virtue of the Ninth Schedule then,
(a) a person, which expression for the purposes of this subsection does not include the company itself, who authorised the delivery of the statement in lieu of prospectus for registration commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty penalty units and not more than five hundred penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not less than one year and not more than two years or to both the fine and the imprisonment, unless that person proves that the untrue or omitted statement was immaterial or that that person had reasonable grounds to believe and did, up to the time of delivery for registration of the statement in lieu of prospectus, believe that the untrue statement was true;
(b) an allottee who acquired shares or debentures in the company in reliance on the statement in lieu of prospectus, and who was misled by the untrue statement or omission, is entitled to rescind the allotment of those shares or debentures and to recover from a person guilty of an offence under paragraph (a) whether convicted or not, compensation for a loss which the allottee has suffered by reason of that reliance; or
(c) a person who acquires shares or debentures in the company from an allottee in reliance on the statement in lieu of prospectus, and who was misled by the untrue statement or omission, is entitled to recover from a person guilty of an offence under paragraph (a), whether convicted or not, compensation for a loss which that person has suffered by reason of that reliance.
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
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