(1) Where a memorandum is submitted to the Registrar pursuant to section 8, the Registrar shall on payment of the prescribed fee register the memorandum and shall issue a certificate of international general partnership pursuant to the Registrar's hand and seal certifying that the international general partnership is formed in Saint Lucia as an international general partnership if the Registrar is satisfied that —
(a) there is or will be in existence a partnership having regard to the rules specified in the Schedule; and
(b) the international general partnership complies or will comply with the provisions of this Act, the Regulations and any other law in force in Saint Lucia relating to international general partnerships.
(2) Upon the issue by the Registrar of a certificate of international general partnership, the international general partnership is from the date shown on the certificate of international general partnership an international general partnership in the name specified in the memorandum.
(3) A certificate of international general partnership issued by the Registrar pursuant to this section is prima facie evidence of compliance with all requirements of this Act with respect to the formation of the international general partnership named in the certificate of international general