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12: Application for registration
or “How to apply to register a company”
You could also call this:

“How to officially create and register a new company”

When you want to create a company, you need to send an application to the Registrar. The Registrar is a person who keeps track of all the companies. If you fill out the application correctly and completely, the Registrar will do two things right away. First, they will register your application. This means they will officially record it. Second, they will give you a certificate of incorporation. This certificate is an important document that shows your company is now officially recognised.

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Next up: 14: Certificate of incorporation

or “Official document proving a company's legal existence”
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Part 2 Incorporation
Method of incorporation

13Registration

  1. As soon as the Registrar receives a properly completed application for registration of a company, the Registrar must—

  2. register the application; and
    1. issue a certificate of incorporation.