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How to Register a Private Limited Company In Pakistan ?

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تاريخ النشر: 2021/10/03
PMazhar  Ilyas
من قبل PMazhar Ilyas , Senior Accountant , Yahya Welfare Complex Hospital

Private Limited Company Registration in Pakistan

Private limited Company means corporation or corporate body which is registered under companies Act 2017 for  Doing any kind of business for example trading, services or manufacturing. Private limited companies are of two types  (A) Limited by Shares: whose shareholders liability is limited to their investment or shares held .(B) Limited By Guarantee: in these types of companies shareholders liability is limited to the Guaranteed amount that shareholders   agreed upon .

Separate legal identity

It is basic principal that The corporation  is a Separate legal person from  their shareholders or owners and has its own rights and duties .the only difference is that company is an artificial person whereas shareholders(individual)  are natural persons. It can own assets or property in its name, takes loans, singed the contracts  and the company  is personally liable for all of its taxes payable .           

Shareholders Limited Liability  

The another most important feature of companies is that members liability to pay back the debts of the company is limited to the amount of any unpaid capital which they have agreed to pay at time of its incorporation. That means that  company personally  responsible for the payments  all of its  dues  . for example if  corporation has taken a loan of 500, 000 and one of its shareholder has own shares of worth 100, 000  from which  amount of 50,000 is remains unpaid. Then the shareholder has no responsibility for payment of all debt of  that company, he has to pay only unpaid amount of 50,000.  

Lifting veil of incorporation

In some circumstances the shareholders or owners are personally responsible for debts or liabilities of the organization . For example if the companies  has failed to pay taxes  payable then under the income tax ordinance 2001  the all the directors are personally liable for payment of  tax due by the company.  Similarly if  the directors of  companies has given any personal guarantee in any contract or bank loan  then the directors are personally liable.     

Company Registration

Process of incorporation of a business  is regulated by SECP . The application is required  to  file  Memorandum and Articles of Association and other documents with the companies registrar(CRO) .

Company Registration Procedures

The step by step process is as follows.

Name Reservation

The first step with regard to Incorporation of companies is to reserve a unique  Name  for the company  with the registrar(CRO). For this purpose, an application is to be made and fee for online application Rs.200/- and Rs.500/- for offline . if the name is available then SECP issue Name Reservation letter.

Note :It is mandatory to  Proposed three options for name reservation in the order of priority. Preference will be given to 1st  Proposal if available  otherwise 2nd  and third options.

Documents  & Process Submission

  • After name reservation the next step is to apply for incorporation.  
  • Submission of online application (online filing)
  • Sign up through SECP E-Services  and create User ID   and Password:
  • Fill application form for Company Incorporation (Form- II)  

The following documents are needed to be attached. Memorandum and Articles of Association(MOA) , In case of combined process (Name Reservation and registration) attachment of memorandum and articles of association is not required.

Attachment of scan copies of CNIC of directors/subscribers

Process Submission ( all subscribers are required to sign the process separately).

    Security Services Company

If  company objective is  to provide the security services i.e.   guard,  the following additional requirements to be fulfilled.

  • Bio-data, forms
  • (Four) attested photographs of each subscribe
  • Bank statement of the subscribers need to be provided.
  • NOC from Ministry of Interior for a security  

Post Incorporation Requirements

Holding first AGM

Under Section 132(1) of the  companies act 2017 all companies are legally required to   hold, an annual general meeting(AGM) within sixteen months  from the date of its Incorporation and   after that  once in every  year  within a period of one hundred and twenty (120) days After the end of its finical year i.e.  if the  company  registered on 1st  January 2020 then  , First AGM required to held on  or before 30 April 2021. The main purpose for holding AGM is to elect the directors, appointment of Auditors and Chief Executive and  also report to the SECP through filing Form A.

Auditor Appointment

After the incorporation  1st  Auditor is required to appoint with a period of 90 days through filing Form 29 with SECP. letter of consent is also required from the Auditor  for this purpose.

Books of Accounts

All companies  shall prepare and keep at its registered office books of account and other relevant books and financial statements for every financial year with following details

  • Sums of money received and expenditure
  • Sales of goods and services
  • Purchases of goods and services
  • Assets and liabilities
  • Items of cost in respect of production , manufacturing and processing  

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