The CIPC requires all private/ proprietary companies and close corporations to file their annual returns on an annual basis, within a prescribed time period. The purpose for the filing of such annual returns is to confirm whether a company or close corporation is still in business/trading, or if it will be in business in the near future. The annual return may be regarded as a type of annual “renewal” of the company or close corporation registration.
Therefore, if annual returns are not filed within the prescribed time period, the assumption is that the company or close corporation is inactive, and as such CIPC will start the deregistration process to remove the company or close corporation from its active records. The legal impact of the deregistration process is that the juristic personality is withdrawn and the company or close corporation ceases to exist.
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