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Companies Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 7 of 2019), Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Details Details Year of Version 2019 Dates Published: September 18, 2019 Assented: September 9, 2019 Enacted: September 9, 2019 Passed: September 3, 2019 Type of Text Other Texts Subject Matter Industrial Property, Other Notes Sections 3 and 4 of the Companies Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 7 of 2019) added section 72A under Part XIII and added a new section 224A after section 224 under Part XXVIII of the Companies Act, 1996 (Chapter 21.03). Section 224A of the Companies Act, 1996 introduced by Section 4 of the Amendment Act provides rules for the acquisition of intellectual property assets.

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 Act No. 7 of 2019 on Amendments to the Companies Act, (Chap. 21.03)

Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 – 7.

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No. 7 of 2019. Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019. Saint Christopher and Nevis.

I assent,

S. W. TAPLEY SEATON

Governor-General.

9th September, 2019.

SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS

No. 7 of 2019

AN ACT to amend the Companies Act, Cap. 21.03.

[Published 18th September 2019, Official Gazette No. 47 of 2019.]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the National Assembly of Saint Christopher and Nevis, and by the authority of the same as follows:

1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019.

2. Interpretation.

In this Act, a reference to the expression, “Act”, means the Companies Act, Cap. 21.03.

3. Amendment of the Act.

72A. Change of Directors or Shareholders.

(1) Where a company changes its Directors or shareholders, the Company shall support every change with a Resolution of its Board of Directors................................... authorising that change.

(2) A change made pursuant to subsection (1) shall be notified to the Registrar, in writing, within 21 days of that change and the notification shall be accompanied by

(a) a copy of the Resolution authorising the change; and (b) all identifying particulars pursuant to the provisions of sections

8, 84 and 85, of the Directors and shareholders named in the Resolution.

(3) Where a company fails to notify the Registrar of a change, the Company shall be liable to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars for each day on which the failure continues.”.

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Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 – 7.

4. Amendment of Act.

The Act is amended by inserting immediately after section 224, the following new section 224A

“ 224A.

“(1) Subject to section 224, where an exempt company was incorporated before January 1st 2019, that exempt company shall not

(a) acquire any new assets or engage in any new activity that is inconsistent with the objects or purposes for which the exempt company was incorporated;

(b) acquire intellectual property assets directly or indirectly or profit from the intellectual property assets of related parties;

(2) For the purposes of this section, “intellectual property assets” means the benefits derived from rights in intellectual property.

A K I L A H B Y R O N - NISBETT

Deputy Speaker ....................................................

Passed by the National Assembly this 3rd day of September, 2019.

SONIA BODDIE-

GOVERNMENT PRINTERY ST. KITTS, W. I.


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