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Act No. 8, 2016
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BUSINESS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
AUTHORITY ACT, 2016
in section 3 by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:
“(1) For the purposes of this Act, the corporations are registered at
the Registration Office.”;
(c)
by the substitution for section 4 of the following section:
“Registrar
The Registrar may in writing delegate any of the powers and
4.
entrust any of the duties assigned to him by this Act to any staff member of
BIPA.”;
(d)
in section 6 (i)
by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:
“(1) The payment of any fee, additional fee or other money
payable to the Registrar in terms of this Act shall be effected in the
prescribed manner or in other manner as the Registrar may direct.”;
(ii)
by the substitution for subsection (4) of the following subsection:
“(4) Any fee and other money payable in terms of this Act
is for the account of BIPA and any outstanding fees or other money
which is due and payable are debts due to BIPA and may be recoverable
by the BIPA in any competent court.”; and
(e)
the repeal of section 11.
2.
Amendment of Companies Act, 2004 (Act No. 28 of 2004)
The Companies Act, 2004 is amended (a)
by the substitution for the word “Minister” of the word “Board” wherever
it appears in the Act, except in sections 13, 15, 98(7), (16) and (29), 147(6),
336(1) and 452; and
(b)
by the substitution of the expression “Registration Office” for the expression
“Companies Registration Office” wherever it appears in the Act.;
(c)
in section 1 (i)
by the insertion after the definition of “auditor” of the following
definitions:
““BIPA” means the Business and Intellectual Property Authority
established by section 3 of BIPA Act;
“BIPA Act” means the Business and Intellectual Property Authority
Act, 2016 (Act No. 8 of 2016);
“Board” means the Board of BIPA constituted under section 8 of BIPA
Act;”;