WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A REGISTERED OFFICE?

Often times, when setting-up a new private limited company (Sdn Bhd) or Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) in Malaysia, information of registered office/ address is required. Some of you will opt to use your business address as the registered office whilst the rest will have them located at the office of the Company Secretary. Have you ever wondered why Registered Office is required though? I mean, other than it being required by law that every company must have a registered office, do you really know why it is required?

All companies are required to have an address within Malaysia so that every company has an official address where all communications and notices may be addressed, particularly legal notices and official letters from the authorities. That is the reason why many business owners opt to have the Registered Office located at the office of the Company Secretary so that they do not have to deal with the official correspondences.

In addition to the above, the Companies Act also requires that the Registered Office/ Address be open and accessible to the public for not less than 3 hours during ordinary business hours each day, except Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. For some of you who is currently using residential address, are you aware of this? Now you might want to reconsider the location of your registered office, you don't want strangers entering your house do you?

The Companies Act also state that the statutory records of a company such as Registers and Minutes Book, are required to be kept at the Registered Office.