Companies Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Management and Administration Registered Office and Name
92. Registered office of company
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A company shall, as from the date of its incorporation, have a registered office within Brunei Darussalam -
to which all communications and notices may be addressed; and
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which shall be open and accessible to the public for not less than 3 hours during ordinary business hours on each business day.
Notice of the situation of the registered office, and of any change therein shall be given within 28 days after the date of the change to the Registrar, who shall record the same. The inclusion in the annual return of a company of a statement as to the address of its registered office shall not be taken to satisfy the obligation imposed by this subsection.
Registrar
"Registrar" means the Registrar of Companies appointed under section 288, and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar;
If default is made in complying with this section, the company and every officer of the company who is in default is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a default fine.
officer
"officer", in relation to a corporation, includes - (a) any director or secretary of the corporation or a person employed in an executive capacity by the corporation; @) a receiver and manager of any part of the undertaking of the corporation appointed under a power contained in any instrument; and (c) any liquidator of a company appointed in a voluntary winding up, but does not include - (i) any receiver who is not also a manager; (ii) any receiver and manager appointed by the Court; (iii) any liquidator appointed by the Court or by the creditors; and (iv) an Executive Manager appointed by the Minister under section 230(1) of the Insolvency Order, 2016 (S 112016);
Terms defined in s 2
annual return
Defined · s 2"annual return" means the return required to be made, in the case of a company having a share capital, under section 107, and in the case of a company not having a share capital, under section 108;
default fine
Defined · s 2"default fine" means a default fine within the meaning of section 3 14;
officer
Defined · s 2"officer", in relation to a corporation, includes - (a) any director or secretary of the corporation or a person employed in an executive capacity by the corporation; @) a receiver and manager of any part of the undertaking of the corporation appointed under a power contained in any instrument; and (c) any liquidator of a company appointed in a voluntary winding up, but does not include - (i) any receiver who is not also a manager; (ii) any receiver and manager appointed by the Court; (iii) any liquidator appointed by the Court or by the creditors; and (iv) an Executive Manager appointed by the Minister under section 230(1) of the Insolvency Order, 2016 (S 112016);
Registrar
Defined · s 2"Registrar" means the Registrar of Companies appointed under section 288, and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar;
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