Companies Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Management and Administration Registered Office and Name
133C. Private company exempt from audit requirements
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A company, being a private company, shall be exempt from audit requirements in respect of a financial year if -
its revenue in that year does not exceed $1,000,000;
the beneficial interest in its shares is not held, directly or indirectly, by any corporation; and
it consists of not more than twenty members.
For a period which is an exempt private company's financial year but is less than 12 months, the amount of revenue under subsection (I)
private company
"private company" means - (a) any company which immediately prior to 3 1 st December 201 0, being the date of commencement of the Companies Act (Amendment) Order, 201 0 (S 1 18/20 1 O), was a private company; @) any company incorporated as a private company by virtue of section 29; or (c) any company converted into a private company pursuant to section 30, being a company which has not ceased to be a private company under section 30;
shall be proportionately adjusted.
Section 133B(4), (6) and (7) apply, with the necessary modifications, to an exempt private company so exempt.
Terms defined in s 2
corporation
Defined · s 2"corporation" means any body corporate formed, incorporated or existing in Brunei Darussalam or outside Brunei Darussalam and includes any company to which Part 9 applies and any limited liability partnership but does not include - (a) any body corporate incorporated in Brunei Darussalam which is by notification published in the Gazette declared to be a public body or agency of the Government or a body corporate which is not incorporated for commercial purposes; (b) any corporation sole; (c) any co-operative society; (d) any registered trade union;
financial year
Defined · s 2"financial year", in relation to any corporation, means the period in respect of which any profit and loss account of the corporation laid before it in general meeting is made up, whether that period is a year or not;
private company
Defined · s 2"private company" means - (a) any company which immediately prior to 3 1 st December 201 0, being the date of commencement of the Companies Act (Amendment) Order, 201 0 (S 1 18/20 1 O), was a private company; @) any company incorporated as a private company by virtue of section 29; or (c) any company converted into a private company pursuant to section 30, being a company which has not ceased to be a private company under section 30;
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