The Companies Act, 2019 ( ACT 992)
Section 329: (1) Sections 330 to 342 apply to external companies as defined in this section.
(2) An external company is a body corporate formed outside the Republic which, has an established place of business in the country.
(3) The expression "established place of business" means a branch, management, share, transfer, or registration office, factory, mine, or any other fixed place of business, but does not include an agency unless the agent has, and habitually exercises, a general authority to negotiate and conclude contracts on behalf of the body corporate or main- tains a stock of merchandise belonging to that body corporate from which the agent regularly fills orders on behalf of the body corporate.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3),
(a) a body corporate does not have an established place of business in the Republic merely because the body corporate carries on business dealings in the Republic through a genuine broker or general commission agent acting in the ordinary course of business as a broker or general commission agent; or
(b) the fact that a body corporate has a subsidiary which is incorporated, resident, or carrying on business in the Republic, whether through an established place of business or otherwise, does not of itself constitute the place of busi- ness of that subsidiary, an established place of business of that body corporate.
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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