The Companies Act, 2019 ( ACT 992)
Section 340: (1) Where an external company ceases to have an established place of business in the Republic, it shall within twenty-eight days after so ceasing. give notice of the cessation to the Registrar in the prescribed form in duplicate and the Registrar shall register the cessation and publish a copy of the notice in the Companies Bulletin.
(2) The Registrar shall then strike the name of the company off the register of external companies.
(3) After notice is given to the Registrar in accordance with sub- section (1) and so long as the company does not have an established place of business in the Republic except as provided in subsection (6), a person shall not be under an obligation to deliver a document relating to the company to the Registrar pursuant to sections 329 to 338.
(4) Where the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that an external company has ceased to have a place of business in the Republic, the Registrar may send by registered post to the registered local manager and process agent and, if more than one. to all of those persons. a letter enquiring whether the company is maintaining an established place of business in the Republic.
(5) Where the Registrar receives an answer to the effect that the company has ceased to have an established place of business in the Republic or does not, within three months, receive a reply, the Registrar may strike the name of the company off the register of external companies.
(6) At any time within six years after the date on which the com- pany was struck off, the register of external companies under subsections (1) and (2) or (4) and (5), a person has the right to inspect the documents relating to that company.
(7) During the six years after the date on which the company was struck off the register of external companies, the company shall, despite subsection (3) continue to be under the obligation imposed by section
331 to give notice of an alteration in the names of the process agent of
the company.
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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