Cap. 630 Art. 18Registration as a social enterprise organisation.

(1) Upon being satisfied that the applicant is eligible for registration in terms of this Act, and upon receiving an authenticated copy of the applicant’s certificate of registration or an authenticated copy of the applicant’s updated statute so as to comply with this Act issued by the Registrar, the Regulator shall proceed to register the applicant as a social enterprise organisation and shall:

(a) allocate a unique registration number to the social enterprise organisation which shall be preceded by the letters "SEO", which letters and numbers shall cumulatively be referred to in this Act as the "social enterprise label";

(b) enter the particulars of the social enterprise organisation in the Register; and

(c) issue a certificate of recognition including the social enterprise label of the social enterprise organisation.

(2) The social enterprise label shall, at all times, be quoted by the social enterprise organisation on any published materials, letters, notices, advertisements and other documents issued by such social enterprise organisation.

(3) Certificates of recognition shall be considered to be public instruments and shall be surrendered to the Regulator on his simple demand in writing. The Regulator shall be bound to provide written reasons for any withdrawal of a certificate of registration when making such written demand.

(4) The certificate of recognition issued in terms of this article shall not determine the fiscal status of a social enterprise organisation or the taxability or otherwise of its income and transactions.

(5) The administrators of a social enterprise organisation may, upon a resolution of the holders of shares or other participating rights therein, request the removal of the organisation from the Register upon giving three months notice to the Regulator and, in such case, the Regulator shall proceed to cancel the registration subject to the issue of any orders under article 22(5) which he may consider appropriate.