Any person, either alone or together with another person, may apply for the registration of a company in PNG, using company registration Forms 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6.   

A proposed company must have the following:

• A name ending with “Limited” or “Ltd”;

• One or more shares;

• One or more shareholders; and

• One or more directors.  (A company is not required to appoint a secretary).

Company Constitution

Under the Companies Act 1997 a company is no longer required to have a memorandum and articles of association.  However, a proposed company may opt to have a constitution upon incorporation or at future date but it is not required to have one.

Company Names

A name must be reserved before a company can be registered under that name.  

A proposed company name, depending on whether it is available for reservation, can be reserved for a period of 3 months, by submitting a company Form 6 separately, within which the company must be registered by submitting Forms 1, 2, 3 & 4 (for new company incorporations) or a Form 7 to change the name of an existing company).  Normally when you submit Forms 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6, the name reservation and company registration are processed together.  

The reservation of a name process is essentially an “approval process”.  The Registrar will not approve a name which:

• Would contravene any law;

• Is identical or similar to the name of another company or a reserved name;

• Is undesirable, misleading, deceptive or offensive;

• The Minister has directed the Registrar not to accept.  

The Registrar will not register a company nor register a company change of name, unless the name has been reserved beforehand, or an application for reservation of the name is also attached.

The Registrar can direct a company a company to change its registered name if the name is one, which should not have been registered in the first place.

Change of Company Name

A company name can be changed by submitting a Form 6 and a Form 7 together with a certified copy of a notice of special resolution.

Overseas Incorporated Companies

An overseas company can be registered in PNG using a Form 46 – Application for Registration of an Overseas Company.  The prescribed registration fee of an overseas company is the same as the fee for registering a non-citizen company, which is K500. 

Download Forms 

Form 1. Application to Register a Company
Form 2. Consent of Director of Proposed Company
Form 3. Consent of Secretary of Proposed Company
Form 4. Consent of Shareholder of Proposed Company
Form 6. Application for Reservation of a Company Name

Form 7. Application to Change Name of a Company Name

Form 46. Application for Registration of Overseas Company

The Forms are in PDF format which can be viewed/printed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.