Practice Note 1 of 2011 – Companies and close corporations - postal and physical address requirements

• This practice note is issued in terms of Regulation 4 of the Companies Regulation, 2011 and is applicable to companies (local and external) and close corporation filings.
• The CIPC requires that all postal and physical addresses required by any electronic and manual form be structured in a specific manner in order to allow for better statistical records and data quality. In this regard the following information must be provided:
• Physical address: Street number; Street name; Suburb/town/city; Province; and Street code
• Postal address: Postal number or description; Suburb/town/city; Province; and Postal code
• If the address provided is outside of the Republic, the country description must also be provided.
• Any form filed with the CIPC that does not comply with the above requirements will be rejected.
• Yours faithfully,

Rory Voller
Deputy Commissioner: CIPC
2011/06/08

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