Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008)

Notices

Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)

Notice No. 761 of 2020
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Notice No. 761

10 July 2020

GG 43514

 

Department of Trade, Industry and Competition

 

Notice is hereby given in terms of and for purposes of the Acts mentioned in the Schedule below, that CIPC will be closed to the public from 10h00 on Thursday 24 December 2020 up to and including Friday 1 January 2021.

 

The CIPC Offices at—

(a)the Department of Trade and Industry Campus (77 Meintjies Street, Block F - Entfutfukweni) in Sunnyside, Pretoria;
(b)1st floor, Office 103, Sancardia Building, 541 Madiba Street, Arcadia, Pretoria;
(c)Shop Number L5-03, Level 5, Sunnypark Shopping Centre, Cnr. Steve Biko & Robert Sobukwe Streets, Sunnyside, Pretoria;
(d)Shop R02, 6 Hollard Street, Marshalltown, Johannesburg
(e)Shop Number 3, Norton Rose House, Riebeeck Street, Thibault Square, Cape Town; and
(f)(CIPC officials) at Trade and Investment KwaZulu Natal (TIKZN) situated at 1 Arundel Close, Kingsmead Office Park, Kingsmead Boulevard, Stalwart Simelane Street in Durban,

will re-open at 08h00 on Monday 4 January 2021.

 

The lodgement of documents and services of legal documents will be accepted on Wednesday 23 December 2020 until 15h30.

 

The days from Thursday 24 December 2020 up to and including Friday 1 January 2021 will be regarded as dies non for purposes of the stated Acts.

 

CIPC offers different lodgement/filing methods for certain services to its customers. During this period, services processed by automated means will continue to be processed while those which require back-office intervention/finalisation e.g. services which require scanned documents to be e-mailed to dedicated e-mail addresses, will only resume from Monday 4 January 2021.

 

Please also take note that with regard to name reservations, all reserved names that would have lapsed between Thursday 24 December 2020 up to and including Friday 1 January 2021, will now have their reservation dates moved forward to Monday 4 January 2021 and will, therefore, only lapse on that date.

 

Schedule

 

Trade Marks Act, 1993

Patents Act, 1978

Design Act, 1993

Copyright Act, 1978

Companies Act, 2008

Close Corporations Act, 1984

Co-operatives Act, 2005

Registration of Copyright in Cinematograph Film Act, 1977

 

Kind regards.

 

 

___________________________

Rory Voller

Commissioner: CIPC

Date: 19/6/2020