Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

344.   Registering external companies

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    (1)   In order to register under this Act, an external company shall file with the Registrar a statement in the prescribed form setting out—

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      (a)     the name of the company;

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      (b)     the jurisdiction within which the company was incorporated;

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      (c)     the date of its incorporation;

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      (d)     the manner in which it was incorporated;

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      (e)     the particulars of its corporate instruments;

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      (f)     the period, if any, fixed by its corporate instruments for the duration of the company;

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      (g)     the extent, if any, to which the liability of the shareholders or members of the company is limited;

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      (h)     the business that the company will carry on in Saint Lucia;

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      (i)     the date on which the company intends to commence any of its business in Saint Lucia;

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      (j)     the authorised, subscribed and paid-up or stated capital of the company, and the shares that the company is authorised to issue and their nominal or par value, if any;

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      (k)     the full address of the registered or head office of the company outside Saint Lucia;

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      (l)     the full address of the principal office of the company in Saint Lucia; and

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      (m)     the full names, addresses and occupations of the directors of the company;

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      (n)     the full name and address of each beneficial owner of the company; (Inserted by Act 10 of 2018)

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      (o)     the date on which a natural person became or changed his or her status as a beneficial owner; (Inserted by Act 10 of 2018)

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      (p)     the percentage of shares with voting rights that the beneficial owner holds in the company. (Inserted by Act 10 of 2018)

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    (2)   The statement under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by—

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      (a)     a statutory declaration by a director of the company that verifies on behalf of the company the particulars set out in the statement;

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      (b)     a copy of the corporate instruments of the company;

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      (c)     a statutory declaration by an attorney-at-law that this section has been complied with;

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      (d)     the prescribed fees; and

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      (e)     a power of attorney in accordance with section 346.

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    (3)   The Registrar may accept the declaration referred to in subsection (2)(c) as sufficient evidence of compliance with the requirements of this section.