CIPC Enforcement of BO filing and Securities Register

On 6 February 2024, the CIPC issued a follow-up notice (Notice 5 of 2024) to the one issued in September 2023 (Notice 53 of 2023).

The CIPC implemented a beneficial ownership register from 1 April 2023, which became mandatory from 24 May 2023. All entities in the CIPC register need to have filed their beneficial ownership information by 24 May 2024. As of 1 April 2024, entities which have not complied with the beneficial ownership filing requirement will be prevented from filing their annual returns.

The notice may be accessed on:

Click to access Beneficial-Ownership-Enforcement-Notice_2024.pdf