Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 12 · General Provisions Applicable to Parts 4 to 11
257. Rectification by Registrar of Companies on application
Feedback & supportDespite section 256, an officer of a company may notify the Registrar of Companies in the prescribed form of —
officer
“officer”, in relation to a corporation, includes —(a)a director or secretary of the corporation, or a person employed in an executive capacity by the corporation;(b)a receiver and manager of any part of the undertaking of the corporation appointed under a power contained in any instrument; and(c)a liquidator of a company appointed in a voluntary winding up,but does not include —(d)a receiver who is not also a manager;(e)a receiver and manager appointed by the Court;(f)a liquidator appointed by the Court or by the creditors; or(g)a judicial manager appointed under Part 7;
any error contained in any document relating to the company filed or lodged with the Registrar of Companies; or
any error in the filing or lodgment of any document relating to the company with the Registrar of Companies.
The Registrar of Companies may, upon receipt of any notification mentioned in subsection (1) and if satisfied that —
Registrar of Companies
“Registrar of Companies” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under section 8 of the Companies Act 1967 and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
the error mentioned in subsection (1)(a) is typographical or clerical in nature; or
the error mentioned in subsection (1)(b) is, in the opinion of the Registrar of Companies, unintended and does not prejudice any person,rectify the register accordingly.
In rectifying the register under subsection (2), the Registrar of Companies must not expunge any document from the register.
document
“document” includes any summons, order or other legal process, any notice and any register;
The decision made by the Registrar of Companies on whether to rectify the register under subsection (2) is final.