The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has started the process of striking out 513,338 business names which have lapsed from the Business Names Register for defaulting in their renewal. The exercise is in line with Section 5A (2) of the Registration of Business Names Act, 1962 (Act 151) on annual renewals. The act […]
The new Companies Act has separated the duties of the Registrar of Companies from the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) in a bid to facilitate business operations and improve the quality of service. Under the old Companies Law, the RGD was responsible for the registration of companies, partnerships, business-names, marriages, adoptions, property rights among others, which […]
