Amendments to the Companies (Incorporation) Regulations, 2017

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GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN Islamabad, the 17th April, 2018 NOTIFICATION S. R. O. 483 (I)/2018.- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of
section 512 read with section 10, 14, 16 and 17 of the Companies Act, 2017 (XIX of 2017),
the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan is pleased to notify the following amendments to the Companies (Incorporation) Regulations, 2017, the same having been previously published vide notification S. R. O. 274 (I)/2018 dated March 01, 2018, namely:- In the aforesaid Regulations,- (1) In regulation 2, in sub-regulation (1), — (a) for clause (ii), the following shall be substituted, namely: — “(ii) “annexure” means an annexure appended to these regulations;”; (b) after clause (ii) substituted as aforesaid, the following new clause shall be inserted, namely: — “(iia) “authorized intermediary” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (iii) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the Intermediaries (Registration) Regulations, 2017;”; (c) after clause (iii), the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:- “(iiia) “form” means form appended to these regulations; and”; (2) for regulation 3, the following shall be substituted, namely: — “3. Reservation of Name. – (1) Any person desirous of forming a company shall have the option to file either separate application for reservation of name in the manner as provided in sub-regulation (2) of this regulation or combined application for reservation of name and incorporation of company in the manner as provided in sub-regulation (3) of regulation 5. (2) Separate application for reservation of name in terms of sub￾section (4) of section 10 of the Act shall be made along with non-refundable