Rationalisation of Corporate Laws Act, 1996 (Act No. 45 of 1996)

10. Regulations

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The Minister, by notice in the Gazette, may make regulations regarding any matter arising from the repeal of the laws by section 3 or the application of the laws referred to in section 2 in those parts of the national territory in which they did not apply before the commencement of the Constitution, including but not limited to—

(a)the integration of the different registration offices for companies and for close corporations for the purpose of establishing a single registration office for companies and a single registration office for close corporations;
(b)the allocation and phasing in of new registration numbers for existing companies and existing close corporations;
(c)the procedure to be followed for the changing of the name of any existing company or existing close corporation where undesirable duplications of names exist as a result of this Act;
(d)the cancellation of the registration of any existing company or existing close corporation which became redundant as a result of this Act; and
(e)generally, any matter that is necessary or expedient to prescribe in order to achieve the objects of this Act.