The Bill aims to ease impediments facing both local and Foreign Investors wishing to start and register companies in Solomon Islands.
Minister for Commerce, Industries and Employment, Hon. Francis Billy Hilly tabled the bill when parliament resumed the current meeting last week.
The new companies Act caters for sole traders, share holding companies and even community businesses.
Mr Hilly said under the old Act, there's no provision for community or tribal companies to be registered.
He said the old Companies Act is also very old that some provisions are no longer applicable to the present situation.
The new act will simplify the process in starting up businesses in Solomon Islands, cheap to implement and easy to administer.
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Parliament Passes Companies Bill 2009
Yesterday, the National Parliament passed the Companies Bill 2009 into an Act of Parliament.
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