Section 9: Registration of companies and commercial partnerships

9. Registration of companies and commercial partnerships (1) Every company or commercial partnership shall be deemed to be registered under this Act. (2) Any number allocated to a company or commercial partnership by the Registrar under the Companies Act shall be deemed to be the business registration number of that company or commercial partnership, as the case may be, under this Act. (2A) The Registrar shall, in respect of a company or commercial partnership referred to in subsection (2), issue a business registration card electronically or in such other form as the Registrar may determine. (3) Every company or commercial partnership incorporated or registered, as the case may be, under the Companies Act shall, at least 14 days before it commences business, notify the Registrar, in such form and manner as the Registrar may approve, of— (a) the business name of the company or commercial partnership, if any; (b) the general nature of the business; (c) the principal place of business and any other place where the business is carried on; and (d) the date or proposed date of commencement of business. (4) — (5) Sections 6 and 7 shall not apply to a company or commercial partnership. [S. 9 amended by s. 5 (c) of Act 14 of 2009 w.e.f. 30 July 2009; s. 5 (b) of Act 18 of 2016 w.e.f. 7 September 2016.]