|
BUSINESS NAME |
| |
|
Fee Units |
Kwacha |
| 1. |
Search fee
on availability of name |
83 |
25,000.00 |
| 2. |
Appeal on
rejected name |
28 |
50,000.00 |
| 3.
|
Business
Names Registrations :
Application Fee
: Certificate of Registration
: Sealing Fee
: Purchase of forms |
56
Total |
50,000.00
15,000.00
10,000.00
5,000.00
80,000.00
================ |
| 4. |
Cessation
of Business Name Purchase of
forms |
56
Total |
20,000.00
25,000.00
================ |
| 5. |
Certification of any document under the hand of the Registrar
per folio |
28 |
15,000.00 |
| 6. |
Certification of certificate of registration |
28 |
25,000.00 |
| 7. |
Inspection
(search) of the register or file of particular Business Names |
56 |
20,000.00 |
| 8.
|
Application
for change of Business Name :
Issue of certificate of change of Name
: Sealing fee
: Purchase of forms |
28
Total |
60,000.00
30,000.00
10,000.00
5,000.00
105,000.00
================ |
| 9. |
Change in
other particulars Registered :
Purchase of forms |
280
Total |
60,000.00
5,000.00
65,000.00
================ |
| 10. |
Annual
Return fee: Purchase of forms |
Total |
30,000.00
5,000.00
35,000.00
================ |
| 11. |
Late
filling fee or penalty on annual return for each year in default |
14 |
70,000.00 |
| 12
|
Lodgment of any Business Name form 1, IV
and IX accompanying forms II and VI
Purchase of form |
Total |
20,000.00
5,000.00
25,000.00
================ |
| 13 |
Purchase of forms under registration of
Business Names Act |
|
Cost included in the lodgment fee |
|
LIMITED COMPANY |
| 1. |
Registration of a company |
|
|
| |
(I)
|
Private Company-Minimum Nominal Capital
Registration fee
Certificate of Incorporation
Certificate of Share Capital
Minimum Capital Certificate
Companies Form 5
Companies Form 11
Sealing |
Total |
5,000,000.00
125,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
245,000.00
================ |
| |
(II)
|
Public Company-Minimum
Capital
Registration fee
Certificate of Incorporation
Certificate of Share Capital
Companies Form 5
Companies Form 11
Certificate of Minimum Capital
Sealing |
Total
|
50,000,000.00
1,250,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
30,000.00
10,000.00
1,370,000.00
================ |
| |
(III)
|
BUREAU de
Change-Minimum Capital
Registration fee
Certificate of Incorporation
Certificate of Share Capital
Certificate of Minimum Capital
Companies Form 5
Companies Form 11
Sealing |
Total |
250,000,000.00
6,250,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
6,370,000.00
================ |
| |
(IV)
|
Financial
Institution or Insurance Company-Minimum Capital
Registration fee
Certificate of Incorporation
Certificate of Share Capital
Certificate of Minimum Capital
Companies Form 5
Companies Form 11
Sealing |
Total |
500,000,000.00
12,500,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
10,000.00
12,620,000.00
================ |
| |
(V)
|
Bank-Nominal Capital
Registration fee
Certificate of Incorporation
Certificate of Share Capital
Certificate of Minimum Capital
Companies Form 5
Companies Form 11
Sealing |
Total |
1,000,000,000.00
25,000,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
25,120,000.00
================ |
| 2.
|
Alteration
of capital Registration fee of
an increase of capital after the first registration of a company
shall be 2.5% of every 200 or part of the additional capital but in
no case shall the nominal capital be less that the statutory Minimum
requirement...................
Replacement Certificate of Share
Capital Resolution
Purchase of form |
Total |
30,000.00
25,000.00
5,000.00
60,000.00
================ |
| 3.
|
Adoption
of New Articles of Association
Registration Fee
Penalty
Certificate of Incorporation
Certificate of Share Capital
Sealing
|
Total |
100,000.00
250,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
10,000.00
420,000.00
================
|
| 4. |
Lodgment of
Articles of Association after Incorporation of a company |
250 |
50,000.00 |
| 5. |
Lodgment of
Amended Articles of Association |
56 |
100,000.00 |
| 6.
|
Registration of change of name and issue of certificate thereof
(Companies Form 29) Sealing
Purchase of Forms
|
556
Total |
150,000.00
10,000.00
5,000.00
165,000.00
================ |
| 7. |
Registration of any prospectus for Public Company (Section 126) |
1,389 |
250,000.00 |
| 8.
|
Alteration
of Registered particulars of Directors and/or Secretary and
Resolution thereto (Companies Form 45)
Purchase of Forms
|
Total |
50,000.00
55,000.00
================
|
| 9
|
Alteration
in Address of Company (Companies Form 43)
Purchase of Forms
|
Total |
10,000.00
0.00
10,000.00
================ |
| 10.
|
Annual
Return of a Company together with Director's Statement, balance sheet
and certificate thereof (Companies Forms 42 and 53):- |
|
|
| |
(a) |
Private Company |
28 |
40,000.00 |
| |
(b) |
Public Company |
28 |
60,000.00 |
| |
(c) |
Bank |
|
|
| |
|
(i) Private
(ii) Public |
|
500,000.00 750,000.00 |
| |
(d) |
Insurance Company
(i) Private
(ii) Public |
|
400,000.00 500,000.00 |
| |
(e) |
Other Finance
Institutions (i) Private
(ii) Public |
|
300,000.00 400,000.00 |
| 11.
|
Registration of a mortgage, debenture or other charge
(Less the cost of Certificate of
Registration, sealing fee and purchase of forms)
Certificate of Registration
Sealing
Purchase of forms |
556
Total |
1% of
the current but in no case shall the fees be less than
250,000.00
5,000.00
255,000.00
30,000.00
10,000.00
5,000.00
285,000.00
================ |
| 12.
|
Discharge
of a mortgage and Statement of Satisfaction
Purchase of forms
|
278
Total |
150,000.00
155,000.00
================ |
| 13. |
Copies of
any deed or other document |
|
|
| |
(a) |
Where prepared by an
official |
56 |
50,000.00 |
| |
(b) |
Where prepared by the
applicant |
56 |
25,000.00 |
| |
(c) |
For any certificate
issued |
Total |
30,000.00
105,000.00
================ |
| 14. |
Inspection
of a document relating to a company filed with the Registrar,
including inspection of the register in respect of a company |
39 |
10,000.00 |
| 15. |
Name search
or clearance |
|
|
| |
(a) For the
first three names applied for
(b) Any additional two names
(c) Reapplication where initial
application
has been rejected
(d) Appeal on rejected name (s) |
|
10,000.00 5,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00 |
| 16. |
Collating
documents and certification of every folio/page |
28 |
10,000.00 |
| 17.
|
Registration and/or filing of any other statutory forms not
specifically mentioned e.g. form 27 and 28
Purchase of form
|
28
Total |
20,000.00
5,000.00
25,000.00
================ |
| 18.
|
Name
reservation up to sixty days (two months)
Purchase of forms
|
111
Total |
50,000.00
55,000.00
================
|
| 19. |
Late filing
of any of the prescribed forms: |
|
|
| |
(a) |
Filed
later than thirty days, but not later than three months after the
prescribed date (i.e. filed within three months after the prescribed
date). |
222 |
Normal
filing fee |
| |
(b) |
Filed
later than three months (or prescribed period), but not later than six months after the
prescribed date |
417 |
75,000
in addition to the normal filing fee |
| |
(c) |
Filed
later than six months after the prescribed date |
806 |
145,000
in addition to the normal filing fee |
|
20.
|
For
application for reduction of capital
Purchase of forms
Certificate of Share Capital
Registration fee @ 2.5% of every
K200 or part thereof of the reduced capital but in no case shall the
nominal capital be reduced to the less than the prescribed minimum |
Total |
250,000.00
255,000.00
================
255,000.00
30,000.00
2.5% of reduced capital |
| 21. |
For an
application to restore a company which has been struck-off under
section 362 (i.e. restoration by Court Order |
28 |
1,000,000.00 |
| 22 |
Handling
fees for Gazette Notices |
|
50,000.00 |
| 23
|
Conversion
of a company from one type to another (Section 36)
Registration Fee
Replacement Certificate of
Incorporation
Sealing
Purchase of forms
|
Total |
250,000.00
30,000.00
10,000.00
5,000.00
295,000.00
================ |
| 24
|
Application
under Section 363 of the Companies Act
(i) If a company
(ii) If a Business Name |
Total |
2,500,000.00
500,000.00
3,000,000.00
================ |
| 25 |
Sealing fee
of certificates or documents |
|
10,000.00 |
| 26.
|
Purchase of
Forms - Company Registration
and Annual Return Forms
- All other forms (fee included in
the filing fee)
|
Total |
10,000.00
5,000.00
15,000.00
================ |
|
COMPANIES LIMITED BY
GUARANTEE |
| |
DESCRIPTION |
|
FEES
PAYABLE |
| 1.
|
Company
Limited by Guarantee
Certificate of Incorporation
Companies Form 5
Companies Form 11
Sealing
|
Total |
170,000.00 30,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
230,000.00
================ |
| 2. |
Registration of Articles of Association on Incorporation
After Incorporation |
83 |
Nil
50,000.00 |
| 3. |
Application
to dispense of the word "Limited" (Section 39) |
200 |
250,000.00 |
| 4.
|
Registration of change of name and issue of certificate (Section 40)
Companies Form 29
Registration of any document or the recording of any authorised
document required to be registered or renewed or required to be
delivered, sent or forwarded to the Registrar and not preciously
specified under the fees for Companies limited by shares and
unlimited companies.
|
556 |
100,000.00
10,000.00 |
| 5. |
Annual
return and certificate inclusive |
56 |
40,000.00 |
| 6. |
Registration of amended Articles Association |
222 |
50,000.00 |
| 7 |
Issue of
Certified copy of Certificate of Incorporation |
25 |
20,000.00 |
| 8 |
Sealing fee
of any Certificate of document |
|
10,000.00 |
|
FOREIGN COMPANIES |
| |
DESCRIPTION |
|
FEES
PAYABLE |
| 1.
|
Registration of Foreign Company
(a)
Registration of a certified copy of the charter, statutes or
memorandum and articles of association of a company or other
instrument constituting or defining the constitution of a company.
(b)
Registration of any document or making a record of any fact
authorised to be delivered, sent, or forwarded to the Registrar and
not specified At (b) above.
(c) Certificate of Registration
(d) Sealing
|
1,389
Total |
1,000,000.00
150,000.00
150,000.00
50,000.00
1,350,000.00
================ |
| 2. |
Registration of an alteration in any instrument stated in 1. above |
833 |
150,000.00 |
| 3.
|
Registration of change of Name-
Registration
Certificate of Incorporation
Sealing
|
278
Total |
200,000.00
150,000.00
50,000.00
400,000.00
================ |
| 4. |
Inspection
of any document relating to a foreign company filed with the
Registrar |
278 |
50,000.00 |
| 5. |
Inspection
of entries in the register kept by the Registrar relating to any
Foreign Company per folio |
139 |
10,000.00 |
| 6. |
Copies of
any instrument:- |
|
|
| |
(a) |
Where prepared by an
official for every folio |
83 |
45,000.00 |
| |
(b) |
Where prepared by the
applicant, for every folio |
83 |
25,000.00 |
| 7. |
Certification
of documents for every folio |
83 |
15,000.00 |
| 8. |
Cessation
of business of foreign company
Purchase of forms |
56 |
300,000.00
5,000.00 |
| 9 |
Sealing |
|
50,000.00 |
