PART XXIV

The Registrar of Companies, His Functions and Offices

Companies' registered numbers
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1
The registrar of companies shall allocate to every company a number, which shall be known as the company's registered number; and he may in addition allocate to any such company a letter, which is then deemed for all purposes to be part of the registered number.
2
" Company " here includes—
a
an oversea company which has complied with section 691 (delivery of statutes to registrar of companies, etc.) and which does not appear to the registrar not to have a place of business in Great Britain, and
b
any incorporated or unincorporated body to which any provision of this Act applies by virtue of section 718 (unregistered companies).