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Part VII · Management and Administration Registered Office

115. Requirement to change registered office

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

The Registrar may require a company to change its registered office by notice in writing delivered or sent—

(a)

to the company at its registered office ; and

(b)

to each person who appears from the documents delivered to the Registrar to be a director of the company, at his latest address as shown in those documents.

(2)

The notice which shall be dated and signed by the

Registrar, shall—

(a)

state that the company is required to change its registered office by a date specified in the notice, not being a date that is earlier than twenty working days after the date of receipt of the notice ;

(b)

state the reasons for requiring the change ; and

(c)

state that the company has the right to appeal against such requirement to court under section 472 ;

(3)

The company shall change its registered office—

(a)

by the date stated in the notice ; or

(b)

if it appeals to court and the appeal is dismissed, within five working days after the decision of the court.

(4)

Where a company fails to comply with this section—

(a)

the company shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees ; and

(b)

every officer of the company who is in default shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceedting fifty thousand rupees.

COMPANY RECORDS

Part VIII

Amalgamations

Part IX

Compromises with Creditors

Part X

Approval of Arrangements, Amalgamations, and Compromises by Court

Part XI

Provisions Relating to Offshore Companies

Part XII

Winding Up

Part XIII

Administrators Appointment of Administrator

Part XIV

Floating Charges

Part XV

Receivers and Managers

Part XVI

Registrar-General of Companies and Registration Appointment of Officers

Part XVII

Application of Act to Existing Companies

Part XVIII

Overseas Companies

Part XIX

Advisory Commission

Part XX

Companies Disputes Board

Part XXI

Offences Miscellaneous Offences

Part XXII

Miscellaneous Prohibition of Partnership with More Than Twenty Members

Part XXIII

Repeals and Amendments

Schedules