2. Amendment of section 5 of Act…

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

Section 5 of the Companies Act, No. 07 of 2007

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended in subsection (1) by the repeal of paragraphs (b)

and (c) thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following:-

“(b) assign a unique number to that company as its company number;

(c)

issue a certificate of incorporation in the prescribed form to the applicant company; and

(d)

notify the general public, within sixty working days of the incorporation of a company, by a notice published in a daily newspaper which has circulation in Sinhala, English and Tamil languages which shall specify –

(i)

name of the company;

(ii)

the company registration number; and

(iii)

the address of the registered office of the company.”.

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