registration certificate
when used with respect to a—
| a) | company incorporated on or after the effective date, means the certificate, or amended certificate, issued by the Commission as evidence of the incorporation and registration of that company; |
| b) | pre-existing company registered in terms of— |
| i) | the Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973), means the certificate of incorporation or registration issued to it in terms of that Act; |
| ii) | the Close Corporations Act, 1984 (Act No. 69 of 1984), and converted in terms of Schedule 2 to this Act, means the certificate of incorporation issued to the company in terms of that Schedule, read with section 14; or |
| iii) | any other law, means any document issued to the company in terms of that law as evidence of the company’s incorporation; or |
| c) | registered external company, means the certificate of registration issued to it in terms of this Act or the Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973); or |
| d) | a domesticated company, means the certificate issued to it upon the transfer of its registration to the Republic in terms of section 13(5) to (11). |