Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

7.   Register

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    (1)   The Registrar shall establish and maintain in such form as he or she shall determine, a Register of International Partnerships in which shall be registered each memorandum submitted pursuant to this Act and all certificates and advertisements required by this Act.

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    (1A)   Subject to subsection (4), the Register must contain —

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      (a)     the name and address of the beneficial owner of the international partnership;

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      (b)     the date on which the beneficial owner became or changed his or her status as a beneficial owner of the international partnership;

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      (c)     the percentage of shares with voting rights that the beneficial owner holds in the international partnership.

(Inserted by Act 14 of 2018)

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    (2)   The Register shall be open to the inspection of all persons desiring to view the Register during working hours.

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    (3)   A certificate of the Registrar certifying that anything required by this Act to be registered by the Registrar has been so registered shall be received in all courts and in all proceedings whatsoever as evidence of the matter to which the certificate relates.

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    (4)  The requirement for the Registrar to keep information with respect to a beneficial owner under subsection (1A) does not apply to an international partnership that is —

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      (a)     a public company;

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      (b)     a multilateral institution;

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      (c)     a government entity;

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      (d)     a pension fund that is regulated by the government in the country of origin of the pension fund; and

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      (e)     licensed and regulated by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority under the Financial Services Regulatory Authority Act.

(Inserted by Act 14 of 2018)

DIVISION 2
International General Partnership