Companies Act (Cap. 386)
Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 95
95. (1) Where a company allots or agrees to allot any shares in
or debentures of the company with a view to all or any of those
shares or debentures being offer ed for sale to the public, any
document by which the offer for sale to the public is made shal l for
all purposes be deemed to be a prospectus and all the rules rel ating
to prospectuses shall apply and have effect accordingly.
(2) It shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that th e
allotment or agreement to allot was made with a view to the sha res
or debentures being offered for sale to the public if it is sho wn -
(a) that an offer for sale to the public was made within six
months after the allotment; or agreement to allot; or
(b) that at the date when the offer was made the whole
consideration to be receive d by the public company in
respect of the shares or debentures had not been so
received.
(3) The provisions of article 93 as applied by this article shal l
have effect -
(a) as if that article further r equired a prospectus to have
attached thereto a copy of any contract under which
the said shares or debentures have been or are to be
allotted or, in the case of a contract not reduced in
writing, a memorandum giving full particulars thereof;
and
(b) as though the persons making the offer were persons
named in the prospectus as directors of a company.
Interpretation of
provisions relating
to prospectus.
Amended by:
L.N. 391 of 2005.
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