Provisional registration

(1) A company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside Belize that is permitted under section 92 to continue as a company incorporated under this Act may, after complying with section 92(1)(a) and (b), submit to the Registrar the following documents– (a) articles of continuation, accompanied by a copy of its Memorandum and Articles, or their equivalent, written in the English language, or if written in a language other than the English accompanied by a certified translation into the English language; and (b) a written authorisation designating one or more persons who may give notice to the Registrar, by telex, telegram, cable or by 98 mail, that the of continuation should become effective. (2) The Registrar shall not, prior to the receipt of the notice referred to in sub-section (1), permit any person to inspect the documents referred to in sub-section (1) and shall not divulge any information in respect thereof. (3) Upon receipt of the notice referred to in sub-section (1), the Registrar shall– (a) register the documents referred to in sub- section (1) in the Register; and (b) issue a certificate of continuation under his hand and seal certifying that the company is incorporated under this Act. (4) For purposes of sub-section (3), the Registrar may rely on a notice referred to in sub-section (1), sent or purported to be sent, by a person named in the written authorisation. (5) Prior to the registration of the documents referred to in sub-section (1), a company may rescind the written authorisation referred to in sub-section (1) by delivering to the Registrar a written notice of rescission. (6) If the Registrar does not receive a notice referred to in sub-section (1) from a person named in the written authorisation within one year immediately following the date on which the documents referred to in sub-section (1) were submitted to the Registrar, the articles of continuation are rescinded. (7) A company entitled to submit to the Registrar the documents referred to in sub-section (1) may authorise the Registrar to accept as resubmitted the documents referred to in that sub-section, before or after the documents previously submitted referred to in sub-section (1) have been rescinded. International Business Companies[CAP. 270 99