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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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Act 22 2020 - COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020

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unknown Act or statute Document — Act 22 2020 - COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020

Act 22 2020 - COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020

of names for companies; to require companies to provide more detailed information about their registered office and for the secretary of a company to be ordinarily resident in Seychelles; and to give the Registrar the power to strike off the register of companies (1) any company that fails to file its annual returns or (2) any company that makes a request t

Topics: annual fees, annual returns, certificates, company names

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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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Bill 34 2021 - Bill 34 - Companies (Special Licences) (Amendment) 2021

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Bill 34 2021 - Bill 34 - Companies (Special Licences) (Amendment) 2021

to the CSL Act are hereby detailed.. 2. To amendment to section 5 will revise the application requirements for a Special Licence for a new company to bring it in line the IBC process. In the past, a CSL application had been assessed as if it was a “licence” for a “regulated activity”, when in reality it is not. 3. To amend section 8 to provide that, where a

Topics: annual fees, company registration, corporate administration, special licences

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Bill 11 2025 - International Business Companies (Amendment) Bill 2025

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Bill 11 2025 - International Business Companies (Amendment) Bill 2025

requirement for all nominees to disclose their nominee status and details of their nominators through a signed declaration addressed to the company within 21 days from the date of appointment; (b) existing nominees to submit their declaration by 30th June 2025; (c) nominees to notify the company of any changes to the details of their nominator and submit new

Topics: nominee disclosure, record retention, registered agent change, restoration to register

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

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

OMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS (INTERIM MEASURES) BILL, 2021 (Bill No. 51 of 2021) A BILL FOR 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, compliance deadlines

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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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Act 19 2024 - Act 19 - 2024 - International Business Companies (Amendment) Act 2024

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Act 19 2024 - Act 19 - 2024 - International Business Companies (Amendment) Act 2024

— (a) “nominee” means a person who has been instructed to act on behalf of another person (the nominator) in a certain capacity regarding a company, and includes a person who holds legal title over shares or other membership interests in a company on behalf of another person (the nominator); (b) “nominator” means a person who instructs a nominee to act on th

Topics: company dissolution/restoration, company registry, corporate governance, registered agents

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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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Bill 33 2021 - Bill 33 - International Business Companies (Amendment) 2021

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Bill 33 2021 - Bill 33 - International Business Companies (Amendment) 2021 — segment 1

notable amendments being proposed in order to achieve these changes are hereby mentioned. 3. To amend section 25(1) to extend the permitted company name endings to include: “Limited Liability Company” or “LLC” or “Company” or “Co” (note that the other permitted name endings provided for under the current law is “Limited” or “Ltd”, “Corporation” or “Co” “Inco

Topics: IBC administration, accounting records, annual fees, commencement

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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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Act 2 2021 - BUSINESS TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT

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Act 2 2021 - BUSINESS TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT

, if — (a) either A or B possess directly or indirectly more than 50 per cent of the beneficial interest in the other (or, in the case of a company, more than 50 per cent of the aggregate vote and value of the company's shares or of the beneficial equity interest in the company); or (b) a third person possesses directly or indirectly more than 50 per cent of

Topics: economic substance, permanent establishment, qualifying companies, source of income

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

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Act 32 2021 - Act 32 - International Business Companies (Amendment) Act 2021 — segment 1

fter referred to as the “principal Act”) is amended — (i) by inserting, in alphabetical order, the following definitions — “ “private trust company” means a company — (a) whose memorandum states that it is a private trust company; and (b) which shall not carry on any business other than providing of the connected trust services as defined in the Internationa

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

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

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

the Financial Services Authority Act (Act 19 of 2013); “connected trust services” has the meaning as defined in Schedule 5; “private trust company” means an international business company — (a) whose memorandum of association states that it is a private trust company; and (b) which shall not conduct any business other than the providing of connected trust s

Topics: authorisation, fees, licensing, record keeping

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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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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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Act 10 2020 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT

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Act 10 2020 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT

[9th April 2020] Supplement to Official Gazette 73 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020 (Act 8 of 2020) I assent Danny Faure President 6th April, 2020 AN ACT to amend the International Business Companies Act, 2016. ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly. 1. This Act may be cited as the International Business Short title and Comp

Topics: beneficial ownership registers, commencement, company amendments

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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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Act 63 2021 - Act 63 - The International Business Companies Act and other Related Laws (Amendment) Act 2021

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Act 63 2021 - Act 63 - The International Business Companies Act and other Related Laws (Amendment) Act 2021

the principal Act is amended — (i) in subsection (1B), in the opening paragraph, by repealing the word “not” after the words “other than a company”; (ii) by repealing subsection (2A) and substituting therefor the following subsection — “(2A) Where a company — (a) keeps a copy of its accounting records at its registered office; (b) keeps its original account

Topics: accounting records, court orders, registered agent notice, retrospective compliance

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Act 4 2020 - BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ACT

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Act 4 2020 - BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ACT

Act. [6th March, 2020] Supplement to Official Gazette 67 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 Cap.40 Companies Act; (ii) an association registered under the Cap.201 Registration of Associations Act; (iii) an international business compan

Topics: beneficial ownership register, company records, information disclosure, regulatory access

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