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Dear Correspondent<\/p>\n

As you know, when the new Companies Act 71 of 2008 became operative in 2013, the Chief Registrar issued circular 28 of 2013<\/u><\/a> to deal with various practical aspects when there are transactions relating to companies lodged for registration.<\/p>\n

That circular has now been repealed and replaced with circular 1 of 2022<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fortunately the circulars and content are essentially similar, except for provisions regarding the amalgamation or merger of companies. In this regard, we suggest you look at clause 4.7 thereof when this is relevant to a transaction that you are busy with.<\/p>\n

You are welcome to contact us<\/a><\/u> should you have any questions in this regard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Correspondent As you know, when the new Companies Act 71 of 2008 became operative in 2013, the Chief Registrar issued circular 28 of 2013 to deal with various practical aspects when there are transactions relating to companies lodged for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":24467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conveyancing-correspondent","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nConveyancing Correspondent | Companies Act 71 of 2008 - STBB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/conveyancing-correspondent-companies-act-71-of-2008\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lauren Sullivan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/conveyancing-correspondent-companies-act-71-of-2008\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/conveyancing-correspondent-companies-act-71-of-2008\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lauren Sullivan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d1dba4c418f6a17006bb001fd0a0402b\"},\"headline\":\"Conveyancing Correspondent | Companies Act 71 of 2008\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-18T07:45:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-18T07:46:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/conveyancing-correspondent-companies-act-71-of-2008\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":106,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/conveyancing-correspondent-companies-act-71-of-2008\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/rawpixel-592444-unsplash-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Conveyancing Correspondent\",\"Latest\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/conveyancing-correspondent-companies-act-71-of-2008\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/conveyancing-correspondent-companies-act-71-of-2008\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/conveyancing-correspondent-companies-act-71-of-2008\\\/\",\"name\":\"Conveyancing Correspondent | Companies Act 71 of 2008 - 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