PART II

Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Returns as to directors and registered office

Statement of first directors and secretary to be delivered on application for registration of company
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1
With every memorandum delivered for registration under section 12 of the Act of 1948 there shall be delivered a statement in the prescribed form containing the names and relevant particulars of—
a
the person who is, or the persons who are, to be the first director or directors of the company ; and
b
the person who is, or the persons who are, to be the first secretary or joint secretaries of the company.
2
The relevant particulars mentioned above are—
a
with respect to a person named as director, the particulars which by subsection (2) of section 200 of the Act of 1948 are required to be contained in the register kept under that section with respect to a director; and
b
with respect to a person named as secretary or as one of joint secretaries, the particulars which by subsection (3) of that section are required to be contained in that register with respect to the secretary or, where there are joint secretaries, with respect to each of them.
3
The statement required by this section shall be signed by or on behalf of the subscribers of the memorandum and shall contain a consent signed by each of the persons named in it as a director, as secretary or as one of joint secretaries to act in the relevant capacity.
4
Where the memorandum is delivered by a person as agent for the subscribers of the memorandum, the statement required by this section shall specify that fact and the name and address of that person.
5
The persons named in the statement required by this section as the director or directors, secretary or joint secretaries of a company shall, on the incorporation of the company, be deemed to have been respectively appointed as the first director or directors, secretary or joint secretaries of the company; and any appointment by any articles delivered with the memorandum of a person as director or secretary of the company shall be void unless he is named as a director or as secretary in the statement.
6
If a statement complying with the requirements of this section is not delivered as required by subsection (1) above with any memorandum delivered for registration under section 12 of the Act of 1948 the registrar of companies shall not register the memorandum or any articles delivered with it.