CIPC: Period of dies non for applications / documents

CIPC: Period of dies non for applications / documents

• 19 March 2024
• CIPC
• South African Accounting Academy

Dies non means “a day on which no legal business can be done, or which does not count for legal purposes”.

This notice is necessitated by widespread internet outage as a result of multiple subsea cable failures.

CIPC Offices:

1. the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) (77 Meintjies Street, Block F – Entfutfukweni) in Sunnyside, Pretoria;
2. 1st floor, Office 103, Sancardia Building, 541 Madiba Street, Arcadia, Pretoria;
3. Talis House, No 17 Simmonds street, Cnr Main and Simmonds street, Marshalltown, Johannesburg;
4. Norton Rose House No 8, Shop Number 3, Riebeek Street, Thibault Square, Cape Town;
5. (CIPC officials) at Trade and Investment KwaZulu Natal (TIKZN) situated at 1 Arundel Close, Kingsmead Office Park, Kingsmead Boulevard, Stalwart Simelane Street in Durban,

SCHEDULE

• Trade Marks Act, 1993
• Patents Act, 1978
• Design Act, 1993
• Copyright Act, 1978
• Companies Act, 2008
• Close Corporations Act, 1984
• Co-operatives Act, 2005
• Registration of Copyright in Cinematograph Film Act, 1977

Click here to download the Notice:

https://www.cipc.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/signed-CIPC-notice-dies-non-14-and-15-March-2024-2-days.pdf

Relevance to Auditors, Independent Reviewers & Accountants:

• The Companies Act is yet another piece of legislation that your clients must comply with, and which you must assess compliance with.  If they don’t comply with the relevant laws and regulations, you have certain reporting obligations in terms of NOCLAR (NOn-Compliance with Laws And Regulations) – this could include reporting to management, qualifying your audit opinion, reporting a Reportable Irregularity, etc.
• Where you perform these compliance tasks on behalf of your client, you need to ensure that you comply with all relevant notices/enforcements/practice notes/customer letters issued by CIPC as the regulator.
• You should be especially aware of expected delays experienced by CIPC – e.g. in days that re regarded as dies non, and affects applications and documents submitted to CIPC on those days.

Relevance to Your clients:

• An entity (company or close corporation) has a duty to comply with the Companies Act, and all relevant notices/enforcements/practice notes/customer letters issued by CIPC as the regulator.
• Clients should be especially aware of days that re regarded as dies non, and affects applications and documents submitted to CIPC on those days.

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