355. Fundamental changes
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(1) Where, in the case of an external company registered under this Act—
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(a) the name of the company has been changed;
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(b) the corporate instruments of the company have been altered to reflect a fundamental change within the meaning of Division K of Part 1;
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(c) the objects of the company have been altered or its business has been restricted; or
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(d) any change is made among its directors and beneficial owners, (Amended by Act 10 of 2018)
the company shall, within 30 days after the change has been made, file with the Registrar duly certified copies of the instruments by which the change has been made or ordered to be made.
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(2) Upon receipt of the duly certified copies referred to in subsection (1) and the prescribed fee, the Registrar shall enter the change of name in the register, and, with the approval of the Minister, enter a record of such other changes in the register as he or she considers to be in the public interest.
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(3) The registration of an external company under this Act ceases to be valid 60 days after a change described in subsection (1) is made or ordered unless within that period the change is filed with the Registrar under subsection (1).
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(4) Upon the registration under this section of a change in respect of an external company, the Registrar shall issue to the company a certificate of the change under his or her hand in a form adapted to the circumstances.
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(5) A certificate issued under subsection (4) is admissible in evidence as conclusive proof of the change therein set out.