Paper Advertisements

A public notice is required to be given within a month from the incorporation of the company which is stated in Section 9 of the Companies Act No. 7 of 2007. The notice carrying the details of the company name, date of incorporation, registration number and address of the office are supposed to be published in Government Gazette as well as in any of the daily newspaper in English, Sinhala and Tamil languages.
Afterwards the proof of publication is required to be filed with the registrar of Companies. The newspaper publication once delivered with the payment will appear within three to four days. The publication in the Government Gazette will appear within two weeks of handing-over the request inclusive of the payment. The Registrar of Companies will take a duplicate of the receipt provided by the Government Printer as evidence of publication.