Mike And Yap Case Study

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Question 1 Whether the company Mike and Yap form is private or public company. According to Section 42 (1) Companies Act 2016, a private company is also known as a company limited by shares and the number of shareholders must not exceed 50 people and the minimum number of shareholder is 1. With the following Section 11 (2) Companies Act 2016, there should have issued shares capital in a private company. So the company decided to form by Mike, Yap is a private limited by shares company which can be accepted by the constitution. Whether the name of the company incorporated by Mike, Yap, Kate is legal. In Section 26 (1) Companies Act 2016 a name can be use in order to form a company if it is not undesirable or unacceptable, same as existing company or being reserved under Company Act. In Section 27 Companies Act 2016, after they decided the name, they should get the Registrar to make sure that the name is still available. In Section 22 (3) also requires a limited company to have the word ‘Berhad’ or its abbreviation ‘Bhd’ as part of and at the end of its company name. …show more content…

Under case law Gopal Sri Ram JCA in Tengku Abdullah Ibni Sultan Abu Bakar & Others v. Mohd Latif bin Shah Mohd & Others[1996] Gopal has said that a promoter is one who starts off a venture, not only for himself, but for others, of whom he may be one. So from the case that discussed can be seen that Mike and Yap is an active promoter. Under case law Tracy v Mandalay Pty Ltd - [1953] HCA 9 - 88 CLR 215 ,the court held that if The person who takes no active part in the incorporation of a company and the raising of its share capital, but leaves this to others on the understanding that he or she is to profit from the enterprise, it is held to be a passive promoter. So Kate is categorised as passive promoter since she invest RM 15,000 and not involved in the formation of the

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