2023-09-26BVI Company Registration and Maintenance Guide (5) Memorandum and Articles of Association
The Registrar shall not register the memorandum or the articles delivered to him unless he is satisfied that all requirements of IBC Act in respect of registration have been complied with and a solicitor engaged in the formation of the company; or the registered agent named in the memorandum of the company to be the registered agent, certifies in writing that the requirements of IBC Act in respect of registration have been complied with and the written certification delivered to the Registrar is sufficient evidence of compliance.
The Registrar shall retain and register the memorandum and articles submitted to him in a Register to be maintained by him to be known as the Register of International Business Companies. Upon the registration of the memorandum and the articles, the Registrar shall issue a certificate of incorporation under his hand and seal certifying that the company is incorporated.
Upon the issue by the Registrar of a Certificate of Incorporation of a company, the company is, from the date shown on the certificate of incorporation, a body corporate under the name contained in the memorandum with the full capacity of an individual who is sui juris. A certificate of incorporation of a company incorporated under IBC Act issued by the Registrar is prima facie evidence of compliance with all requirements of IBC Act in respect of incorporation.