Unofficial translaction
force of this uniform Act.
ARTICLE 304- States parties shall ensure that, within a period of two years from the date of
entry into force of this Uniform Act, companies and other individuals and organizations
required to register or participate in the registration may file electronically
alltheiractsandinformationsubject topublicity. Furthermore, the States parties may compel all
companies, or certain categories of them,tofileeverythingorpartoftheir
actsandinformationinquestion electronically.
ARTICLE 305-Within a period of two years from the date of entry into force of this uniform
Act, all documents and information provided for by this uniform Act and any other legal
provision, filed in hard copy or electronically, shall be delivered accordingly to the Register of
Commerce and Securities, then re-entered electronically inthe National and Regional Registries.
To this end,StatesPartiesshall ensure that allactsandinformationthatarefiledin hard copy to this
date be converted to an electronic format by the Register of Commerce and Securities.
ARTICLE 306-This uniform Act repeals the Uniform Act of 17 April 1997 on general
commercial law.
ARTICLE 307- This uniform Act shall be published in the Official Journal of OHADA within
a period of sixty days from the date of its adoption. It shall also be published in the Official
Journal of the States Parties, or by any appropriate means. It shall enter into force ninety days
from the date of its publication in the Official Journal of OHADA in accordance with article 9
of the Treaty on the Harmonization in Africa of BusinessLaw signed in Port Louis on 17
October 1993, as revised in Quebec City on 17 October 2008.
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