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Close Corporations Act, 1984 (Act No. 69 of 1984)

Part III : Registration, Deregistration and Conversion

14. Certificate of incorporation

 

(1) Upon the registration of such founding statement the Registrar shall assign a registration number to the corporation concerned and endorse under his or her hand on the statement, or otherwise issue in writing, a certificate that the corporation is incorporated: Provided that the Registrar may change or amend such registration number in order to rectify duplications of such numbers or to achieve any other objective which it is necessary or expedient to achieve for the proper maintenance of the register of close corporations.

 

(2) A certificate of incorporation given by the Registrar in terms of subsection (1) or section 27(4)(c), or a copy thereof, as the case may be, shall upon its mere production, in the absence of proof of fraud or error, be conclusive evidence that all the requirements of this Act in respect of registration of the corporation concerned and of matters precedent and incidental thereto have been complied with, and that the corporation concerned is duly incorporated under this Act.