Section 12 — Companies Act 1993: Application for registration

12 Application for registration (1) An application for registration of a company under this Act must be sent or delivered to the Registrar, and must be— (a) In the prescribed form; and (b) Signed by each applicant; and (c) Accompanied by a document in the prescribed form signed by every person named as a director, containing his or her consent to be a director and a certificate that he or she is not disqualified from being appointed or holding office as a director of a company; and (d) Accompanied by— (i) A document in the prescribed form signed by every person named as a shareholder, or by an agent of that person authorised in writing, containing his or her consent to being a shareholder and to taking the class and number of shares specified in the document; and (ii) If the document has been signed by an agent, the instrument authorising the agent to sign it; and (e) Accompanied by a notice reserving a name for the proposed company; and (f) If the proposed company is to have a constitution, accompanied by a document certified by at least one applicant as the company's constitution. (2) Without limiting subsection (1) of this section, the application must state— (a) The full name and address of each applicant; and (b) The full name and residential address of every director of the proposed company; and (c) The full name and residential address of every shareholder of the proposed company, and the number of shares to be issued to every shareholder; and (d) The registered office of the proposed company; and (e) The address for service of the proposed company.