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Companies Act 28 of 2004
The Companies Act 28 of 2004 provides for the incorporation, management, and liquidation of companies, as well as incidental matters. It establishes the Companies Registration Office and the Registrar, defines the administration of the Act, and sets out regulations and notices. The Act details the types and forms of companies, including conversions and limitations on partnerships, and governs the formation, objects, capacity, powers, names, registration, and deregistration of companies. It further regulates share capital, acquisition of own shares, allotment and issue of shares, members and register of members, debentures, transfer and restrictions on offering shares for sale, offering of shares and prospectus, administration of companies, directors, remedies of members and investigations, auditors, accounting and disclosure, compromise, arrangement and amalgamation, external companies, and winding-up of companies.