Apply In-Person:

1. To de-register a business in Zambia, the applicant will have to contact the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA). Please tap on the following link to view contact details link.
2. Make sure to have all the documents that are listed under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
3. An application form will be provided to the applicant upon visiting any Zambia Development Authority office.
4. Once understanding the guideline properly, the applicant has to fill in all the necessary information in the application form.
5. Submit the application form with necessary attachments to the office.
6. Pay the fee as given in the “Fees” section of this page.
7. The Registrar will publish in the Gazette and in a daily newspaper of general circulation in Zambia or other media, a notice of intention to deregister the company as requested.
8. After the expiration of ninety days from the publication of the notice, the Registrar will deregister the company.
9. The registrar will again publish the notice in the Gazette and in a daily newspaper of general circulation in Zambia that the company was deregistered.

• Copy of the special resolution signed by the members of the company to have the company deregistered.
• Summary of accounts(if any).
• Statutory declaration by two or more directors of the company on the assets of the company stating that the company has no debts or liabilities.

The Revenue Authority
Pacra House
Haile Selassie Avenue, Long Acres
P.O.Box 32020
Lusaka, Zambia
Contact no.: (+260) 211-255127
(+260) 211-255151
Email address: pro@pacra.org.zm
Contact Details link.

• Any individual or business who wants to de-register their company.

• Application Fee: K 750.

• The de-registration will be valid until the representative of the company fulfills the condition of re-registering.

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links.

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The processing time depends on the verification of submitted documents.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <& video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, google video, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of the webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Application forms that are incorrectly filled, incomplete or altered will not be processed.

• Details of applicants
• Reason for the deregistration

• The deregistration of a company allows it to stop carrying out or give effect to a transaction or decision required to be done by or on behalf of the company or allows the company to dissolve.

• Companies Act of Zambia link.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Place some external links which might help.

More information which might help people.