Companies Act (Cap. 386)
Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 84C
84C. (1) The Minister, in consultation with the Minister
responsible for finance and acting on the advice of the compete nt
authority under the Securitisation Act , may make regulations which
provide for the formation, constitution, authorisation and
regulation of cell companies, and which make it possible for a
securitisation vehicle to convert into a cell company and for a ll
matters that may arise in connection therewith.
(2) For the better carrying out of the provisions of this articl e,
and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the
Minister, acting as aforesaid, may, by such regulations, in
particular:
(a) make provision regarding the contents of the
memorandum and articles of association of a cell
company, including provision for the creation by the
cell company of any one or more cells, and for
segregating and protecting the cellular and other assets
of the company, and establish reporting and other
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disclosure requirements;
(b) exempt or provide for the exemption of such company
from any of the provisions of this Act or of any other
law in force, subject to su ch modifications, variations
and conditions as may be specified;
(bA) provide for the applicability or inapplicability of any
provision of this Act or of any other law to matters falling
under such regulations, subject to such modifications,
variations and conditions as may be specified, and that in
so far as any of the provisions of such regulations are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or of any
other law, such provisions in any such regulations shall
prevail;
(c) make provision for the manner and the form whereby a
cell company may create and issue cell shares and to
m a k e a n y p r o v i s i o n r e l a t i n g t o t h e a s s e t s o f t h e c e l l
company, including the requirement that the assets of a
cell company should be of a specified class or
description, or any other requirements in respect of the
quality, nature and extent of such assets;
(d) make provision allowing cel ls or the cellular assets
attributable to any cell of a cell company to be
transferable to any other person;
(e) make provision for considering individual cells as
separate and distinct entities for such purposes as may
be established;
(f) provide for any matter consequential, incidental to or
connected with any of the above matters.
Cap. 484.
(2A) Where any such regulations have been issued in terms of
this article, the competent aut hority as defined in the Securit isation
Act may issue rules in terms of article 20 of the Securitisation Act
as may be required for the better carrying out and to better
implement the provisions of any such regulations.
Cap. 484.
(3) For the purposes of this arti cle, "securitisation vehicle" h as
the same meaning assigned to it in the Securitisation Act .
Minister may make
regulations relating
to formation, etc.,
of incorporated cell
companies and
cells.
Added by:
XIX. 2010.30.
Cap. 403.
Cap. 370.
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