The company dissolution shall have an effect on third parties only fromit publication bynotice in
a newspaper authorizedto publish legal notices in the State party of the headquarters.
Dissolution of a multi-memberscompanyautomatically entail its liquidation.
The legal personality of the company shall continueto exist for liquidation purposes and until the
liquidation procedure is completed.
The dissolution of a company in which all instrumentsare held by a single member shall result in
a universal assignmentof assets and liabilities of the companyto such individual, without
liquidation occurring. Creditors may objectto the dissolution before the competent court within a
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period of thirty (30) days following the publication thereof. The competent court may reject the
objection or ordereither the settlement of debts or the provision of guaranteeswhere the company
offers any and if hey are deemed sufficient. The assignment of assets and liabilities as well as the
disappearance of the company shall take effect only at the expiration of the deadline of
theobjection period or, where appropriate, when the objectionhas been rejected or debts have
been reimbursedor guarantees provided.
The provisions of the fourth paragraph do not apply to companies whose sole shareholder is a
natural person. In such case, the dissolution of the company entails its automatic liquidation.
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Section 201 of the Acte uniforme révisé relatif au droit des sociétés commerciales et du groupement d'intérêt économique/akn/ohada/act/loi/undated/auscgie-2014