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  1. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Bill 20 2020 - COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) BILL

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    Bill 20 2020 - COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) BILL

    to strengthen due diligence and compliance mechanisms. The Bill removes some onerous and obsolete legal requirements. The subscribers of a company will now be able to sign a memorandum of a company without the need of witnesses to attest the signatures of the subscribers. Similarly, it will no longer be a requirement for a person starting a company to have

    Topics: annual returns, company registration, company registry, company secretary

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  2. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Act 35 2021 - Act 35 - Companies (Special Licences) (Amendment) Act 2021

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    Act 35 2021 - Act 35 - Companies (Special Licences) (Amendment) Act 2021

    in alphabetical order, the following definitions — “ “assessable income” means the income as defined under the Business Tax Act; “ordinary company” means a company incorporated under the Companies Act, but does not include a relevant company;”. Repeal of section 4 3. The principal Act is amended, by repealing section 4. Amendment of section 5 4. Section 5(2

    Topics: annual licence fees, annual returns, company compliance, company conversion

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  3. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Act 9 2025 - International Business Companies (Amendment) Act 2025

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    Act 9 2025 - International Business Companies (Amendment) Act 2025

    e rnational Business Companies 281 (Amendment) Act REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE ACT its status as a nominee to the company in which it is holding legal title over shares or other membership interests, containing the following particulars — (a) a statement confirming the nominee status; (b) the identity information of the nominator as

    Topics: beneficial ownership, company records, nominee members, registered agents

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  4. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Bill 18 2024 - International Business Companies (Amendment) Bill 2024

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    Bill 18 2024 - International Business Companies (Amendment) Bill 2024

    inees to disclose their nominators. Section 151(1) has been amended to also permit the inspection of registers of directors or members of a company to be done by a duly appointed attorney acting on behalf of a director or a member of a company. In light of the change of street names that was done in Seychelles in 2021, a new section has been added detailing

    Topics: company administration, registered agents, registers and filing, striking off and restoration

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  5. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Act 51 2021 - Act 51 - Companies and Associations (Interim Measures) Act 2021

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    Act 51 2021 - Act 51 - Companies and Associations (Interim Measures) Act 2021

    SURES) ACT, 2021 (Act 51 of 2021) I assent Wavel Ramkalawan President 8th November, 2021 AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME LIMIT WITHIN WHICH (1) A COMPANY MAY PAY ITS ANNUAL FEE THAT IS DUE DURING THE YEAR 2021, (2) A COMPANY AND AN ASSOCIATION MAY SUBMIT THEIR OUTSTANDING ANNUAL RETURNS AND AUDITED ACCOUNTS AND (3) AN ASSOCIATION MAY PAY THE PERCENTAGE OF ITS PROF

    Topics: annual fees, annual returns, audited accounts, deadline extensions

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  6. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Bill 36 2021 - Bill 36 - International Corporate Service Providers (Amendment) 2021

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    Bill 36 2021 - Bill 36 - International Corporate Service Providers (Amendment) 2021

    low a PTC or a licensed trustee to provide ‘connected trust services’. 5. A new section 3B that places restrictions on what a private trust company may do. 6. A new section 3C places an obligation on a private trust company to ensure that at all times its registered agent is a company that holds an international corporate service license and a trustees servi

    Topics: compliance, fees, licensing, records retention

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  7. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Act 32 2021 - Act 32 - International Business Companies (Amendment) Act 2021

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    ), 44 (amending section 276) except paragraph (iii), and 45(i) (amending section 277) shall come into operation on 1st January, 2022. (3) A company incorporated, continued or converted as a company under the International Business Companies Act, 2016 (Act 15 of 2016), before the commencement of this Act, shall comply with the provisions of section 175 of the

    Topics: company registration, corporate governance, fees and penalties, filings and records

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  8. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Bill 8 2020 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) BILL

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    Bill 8 2020 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) BILL

    [28th February 2020] Supplement to Official Gazette i INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020 (Bill No. 8 of 2020) OBJECTS AND REASONS The Beneficial Ownership Bill, 2020 (Bill No. 3 of 2020) was published in the Official Gazette on 4th February, 2020 and laid before this August House for consideration. In view of the enactment of the said le

    Topics: beneficial ownership, commencement, company registers

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  9. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Bill 67 2021 - Bill 67 - The International Business Companies Act and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021

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    Bill 67 2021 - Bill 67 - The International Business Companies Act and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021

    es obsolete; (c) to amend section 175 of the IBC Act to rectify typographical correction (i.e., to remove double-negative) and to require a company which keeps its original accounting records in Seychelles and to inform its registered agent about the physical address of that place; (d) to amend section 276 of the IBC Act to allow the Registrar to restore com

    Topics: accounting records, court orders, penalties, registered agent notifications

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  10. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Bill 3 2020 - BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP BILL

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    Bill 3 2020 - BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP BILL

    vi Supplement to Official Gazette [4th February 2020] 2.(1) This Act applies to the following — Application (a) Legal person being — (i) a company, including an overseas company, incorporated or registered under the Companies Act; Cap 40 (ii) an association registered under the Cap 201 Registration of Associations Act; (iii) an international business compan

    Topics: beneficial ownership register, compliance, confidentiality, database

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  11. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Bill 5 2021 - Bill 5 - Beneficial Ownership (Amendment) Bill 2021

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    Bill 5 2021 - Bill 5 - Beneficial Ownership (Amendment) Bill 2021

    [24th February 2021] Supplement to Official Gazette i BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021 (Bill No. 5 of 2021) OBJECTS AND REASONS The Beneficial Ownership Act, 2020 (Act 4 of 2020) (hereinafter referred to as BO Act) was enacted to provide for the identification and verification of beneficial ownership of legal persons and legal arrangements and to

    Topics: compliance, legal arrangements, legal persons, resident agents

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  12. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Act 12 2024 - Act 12 - 2024 - Virtual Asset Service Providers Act 2024

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    Act 12 2024 - Act 12 - 2024 - Virtual Asset Service Providers Act 2024 — segment 1

    unting in aggregate to, 183 days or more in any 12 month period of a calendar year; “significant owner” means a person who in relation to a company, either alone or with any associate or associates, — (a) holds 10% or more of the shares in the company or another company of which it is a subsidiary company; [30th August 202 4 ] V i rtual Asset Service Provide

    Topics: compliance, confidentiality, investigations, licensing

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  13. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Act 18 2024 - Act 18 - 2024 - Securities (Amendment) Act 2024

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    y person who will be acting as a representative in relation to such business; (iii) any substantial shareholder, director or officer of the company, any other company in the same group of companies or to any director or officer of any such company.”. Amendment of section 10 4. Section 10 of the principal Act is amended — (a) in the section heading, by repeal

    Topics: annual fees, corporate approvals, licensing, ongoing compliance

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  14. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Bill 24 2024 - Securities (Amendment) Bill 2024

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    Bill 24 2024 - Securities (Amendment) Bill 2024

    y person who will be acting as a representative in relation to such business; (iii) any substantial shareholder, director or officer of the company, any other company in the same group of companies or to any director or officer of any such company. Amendment of section 10 4. Section 10 of the principal Act is amended — (a) in the section heading, by repealin

    Topics: corporate governance, fit and proper assessment, licensing, regulatory reporting

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  15. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Bill 12 2024 - Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill 2024

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    n understanding about possible virtual asset and virtual asset service provider risks by existing regulated entities who may provide legal, company formation or administration and other services to virtual asset promoters and virtual asset service provider. Provision has also been made to allow for raising of awareness of Seychelles consumers and regulated e

    Topics: enforcement, initial coin offerings, inspection and investigation, non-fungible tokens

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  16. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Bill 2 2020 - ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTERING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM BILL

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    Bill 2 2020 - ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTERING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM BILL — segment 5

    a single operation or in several linked operations. 5. Dealers in precious metals. 6. Dealers in precious stones. 7. Casinos. 8. Trust and Company Service Providers who provides any of the following services to third parties — cxxxii Supplement to Official Gazette [4th February 2020] (i) acting as a formation agent of legal persons; (ii) acting as a directo

    Topics: FIU powers, asset recovery fund, bureau de change reporting, cash declaration

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  17. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Act 7 2025 - Non-Bank Credit Granting Institutions Act 2025

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    e right to elect a majority of its directors; (b) shall be able to appoint or to veto the appointment of a majority of the directors of the company; (c) is a holding company and the non-bank credit granting institution is a subsidiary of that company as provided for in the Companies Act (Cap.40); (d) has the ability to significantly influence the management,

    Topics: audits, branch approval, capital requirements, confidentiality

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  18. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Bill 21 2025 - Bill 21 - Beneficial Ownership (Amendment) Bill 2025

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    Bill 21 2025 - Bill 21 - Beneficial Ownership (Amendment) Bill 2025

    l person, not being a partnership, which is formed, incorporated or established outside Seychelles, unless such legal person is an overseas company registered under the Companies Act; or (ii) a partnership formed, incorporated or established outside Seychelles which is not conducting or carrying on business within Seychelles”. Amendment of section 3 3. Secti

    Topics: beneficial ownership reporting, foreign entities, partnerships

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  19. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Bill 42 2022 - Bill 42 of 2022-Beneficial Ownership (Amendment) Bill, 2022

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    Bill 42 2022 - Bill 42 of 2022-Beneficial Ownership (Amendment) Bill, 2022

    rds ―Subject to section 13(5A), this Act‖; (ii) by repealing paragraph (a) and substituting it with the following paragraph–– ―(a) a listed company that is subject to adequate disclosure requirements in terms of transparency of beneficial ownership; (iii) in paragraph (b) by repealing the full-stop and substituting it with a semicolon; (iv) by inserting afte

    Topics: beneficial ownership register, compliance reporting, penalties and enforcement, record retention

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  20. Provision text match · Seychelles · en

    Act 23 2024 - Act 23 - 2024 - Revenue Administration (Amendment) Act 2024

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    Act 23 2024 - Act 23 - 2024 - Revenue Administration (Amendment) Act 2024

    er — “ “ illegal phoenix activity” means — (a) any action taken by individuals or entities to intentionally wind up, liquidate or abandon a company to avoid paying debts, taxes or liabilities; and (b) a new company is subsequently established that — (i) engages in the same or similar business activities as the previous company; and (ii) substantially uses th

    Topics: administrative penalties, agent registration, currency translation, document production

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