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Registering
an Overseas Company
Overseas companies may operate in Jamaica but must be registered
at the Office of the Registrar of Companies. Any changes in
the documents at the time of registration must be filed with
the Office of the Registrar
of Companies. The registration fee is $18,000.00. Once registered,
an overseas company must file a Balance Sheet, Profit and loss
account in accordance with the Companies Act 2004.
The following are required for registration:
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" Particulars of an Overseas
Company" (Form 31) which will set out the names and
addresses of the directors of the company as well as the
names and addresses of one or more persons, living in
Jamaica, authorized to accept service and any notices to
be served on the Company. |
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A certified copy of the Memorandum, Articles or
Instrument incorporating the company.. |
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Any changes in the documents filed at the time of
registration should also be filed at the Companies
Office of Jamaica. The copy of the Memorandum and
Articles, Charter or Instrument of Incorporation must be
duly certified as a true copy. |
Certification may be by:
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An official of the Government to whose custody
the original is held,
eg, The Registrar General of Trinidad & Tobago. |
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A Notary Public of the place of incorporation |
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An Oath by an officer of the Company before anyone authorised
to administer an Oath in that country. |
Where a certified copy of the instrument of incorporation
is not in
English a certified translation done in Jamaica, any other
Commonwealth
Country or a foreign country should be filed.
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Not less than three documents are required for the Registration
of an Overseas Company:
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A Certified Copy of the Memorandum, Articles
or Instrument incorporating the company. |
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A list of Directors of the Company. |
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The names and addresses of one or more persons resident
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Jamaica authorized to accept service and any notices
to be served on the Company. |
The fee to register an Overseas Company is J$18,000.00.
Once registered, an Overseas Company is required to file a
Balance Sheet and and Profit and loss account in accordance with the Companies Act
2004 [Jamaica]. Any changes
in the documents filed at the time of registration should
also be filed at the Companies Office of Jamaica. The copy of the Memorandum and Articles, Charter or Instrument
of Incorporation must be duly certified as a true copy:
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by an Official of the Government to whose
custody the original is committed (e.g. Trinidad &
Tobago: the Registrar General; Cayman Islands: The Registrar
of Companies) or, |
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duly certified on Oath as a true copy by some officer
of the company before any person having authority to
administer an Oath in that place. |
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Where the certified copy of the instrument of incorporation
is not in the English Language a certified translation
should be filed. The translation can be made in Jamaica,
or a Commonwealth country other than Jamaica, or a foreign
country. |
Translated
in Jamaica
If the translation is made in Jamaica it should be certified
to be a correct translation by:
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A Notary Public in Jamaica
(note: a Justice of the Peace is different from a Notary
Public) or, |
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An Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Jamaica
or, |
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A person whom the Notary Public or Attorney-at-Law
certifies is known to him as competent to translate
it in the English Language. |
Commonwealth
Country
If translated in a Commonwealth country other than Jamaica
the translation should be certified to be correct before any
person having authority to administer an oath under the law
in force in that country.
Foreign
Country
A Translation made in a foreign country must be certified
to be a correct translation on Oath before one of the following
persons, who should be either Jamaican or British:
•Ambassador
•Vice-Consul
•Envoy
•Acting Consul
•Minister
•Pro-Consul
•Charge D'Affaire |
•Acting Consul-General
•Embassy Secretary
•Consular Agent
•Consul-General
•Acting Vice-Consul
•Consul
•Acting Consular Agent |
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