{"id":79789,"date":"2023-11-08T18:44:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/?post_type=act&#038;p=79789"},"modified":"2023-11-08T18:45:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:15:45","slug":"section-3","status":"publish","type":"act","link":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/act\/companies-act-2013\/section-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Section 3. Formation of company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(1) A company may be formed for any lawful purpose by&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) seven or more persons, where the company to be formed is to be a public company;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) two or more persons, where the company to be formed is to be a private company; or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) one person, where the company to be formed is to be One Person Company that is to say, a private company,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>by subscribing their names or his name to a memorandum and complying with the requirements of this Act in respect of registration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Provided that the memorandum of One Person Company shall indicate the name of the other person,with his prior written consent in the prescribed form, who shall, in the event of the subscribers death or his incapacity to contract become the member of the company and the written consent of such person shall also be filed with the Registrar at the time of incorporation of the One Person Company along with its memorandum and articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Provided further that such other person may withdraw his consent in such manner as may be prescribed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Provided also that the member of One Person Company may at any time change the name of such other person by giving notice in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided also that it shall be the duty of the member of One Person Company to intimate the company the change, if any, in the name of the other person nominated by him by indicating in the memorandum or otherwise within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, and the company shall intimate the Registrar any such change within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided also that any such change in the name of the person shall not be deemed to be an alteration of the memorandum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) A company formed under sub-section (1) may be either&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) a company limited by shares; or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) a company limited by guarantee; or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) an unlimited company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(1) A company may be formed for any lawful purpose by&#8211; (a) seven or more persons, where the company to be formed is to be a public company; (b) two or more persons, where the company to be formed is to be a private company; or (c) one person, where the company to be formed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":79763,"parent":79755,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11445],"tags":[1007],"acf":{"service_id":"215"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.6.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Section 3. 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