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Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 · Part B · Chapter 6

Section 105Definition of member

(1)
A subscriber of the memorandum of a company shall be deemed to have agreed to become a member of the company, and on its registration shall be entered as the member in its register of members.
(2)
Every other person who agrees in writing to become a member of a company, and whose name is entered in its register of members, is a member of the company.
(3)
In the case of a company having a share capital, each member is a shareholder of the company and shall hold at least one share, except in relation to a company that has only one shareholder.
Cite as: Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, section 105

What this section means

From the guide: Members of a company and the register of members under CAMA 2020

  • A member is a subscriber to the memorandum or anyone who agrees in writing to become a member and is entered in the register of members (section 105).
  • In a company with share capital each member is a shareholder and holds at least one share, except where there is only one shareholder (section 105).

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Source: Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (Act No. 3 of 2020), Official Gazette No. 124, Lagos, 10 August 2020. General information, not legal advice.