Companies (Certificates Validation) Act

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REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA
THE COMPANIES (CERTIFICATES VALIDATION) ACT
CHAPTER 414 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIA
CHAPTER 414 THE COMPANIES (CERTIFICATES VALIDATION) ACT
THE COMPANIES (CERTIFICATES VALIDATION) ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Validity of certificates
CHAPTER 414
COMPANIES (CERTIFICATES VALIDATION) 29 of 1969
An Act to remove doubt as to the validity of, and to declare valid, certificates
heretofore issued for the purposes of the Companies Act under the hands of
public officers other than the Registrar of Companies.
[8th August, 1969]
1. This Act may be cited as the Companies (Certificates Validation) Act. Short title
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation

his Act may be cited as the Companies (Certificates Validation) Act. Short title
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation

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"Act" means the Companies Act; Cap. 388
"officer" means any public officer heretofore designated as Assistant Registrar of
Companies, or any other public officer who heretofore for the time being
exercised the function of issuing statutory certificates under the Act;
"Registrar" means the Registrar of Companies appointed under the Act.
3. For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that any certificate of
incorporation, any certificate of mortgage, any certificate of charge or any other statutory
certificate heretofore issued for the purposes of the Act under the hand of any officer shall,
for all purposes, be deemed to be and to have been validly and properly issued under the
Act, as if the same had been issued under the hand of the Registrar.
Validity of certificates