{"id":23870,"date":"2026-04-29T10:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/?p=23870"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:55:55","slug":"providing-the-commission-with-accurate-and-up-to-date-information-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/?p=23870","title":{"rendered":"Providing the Commission with accurate and up to date information of directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e7e7e8&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e7e7e8&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e7e7e8&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||53px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the functions of the Commission is to establish and maintain in the prescribed manner and form a register of companies, and any register contemplated in the Companies Act, or in any other legislation that assigns a registry function to the Commission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The information in these registers must be accurate, up to date and adequate to ensure the prevention of fraud and falsification, amongst others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has observed discrepancies with regards to information on its registers despite legislative requirements for accurate and up to date information and companies filing Annual Returns.<br \/>Section 24(5) of the Act, provides the crux of information that companies must keep and therefore ensure that the Commission registers are similarly up to date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Notice-25-of-2026.pdf\">Notice 25 of 2026<\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the functions of the Commission is to establish and maintain in the prescribed manner and form a register of companies, and any register contemplated in the Companies Act, or in any other legislation that assigns a registry function to the Commission. The information in these registers must be accurate, up to date and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23870"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23875,"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23870\/revisions\/23875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}