Apply In-Person

1. To apply for Re-Registration of 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. After the completion and verification of all the required documents, the certificate will be accessible.
8. Collect the re-registration certificate from the office in a stipulated Period of Time.

• Certificate of incorporation.
• Certificate of registration.
• Written cause for the re-registration.
• Proof payment receipts.
• Proof of identification document(s).

The Revenue Authority
Pacra House
Haile Selassie Avenue
Long Acres
P.O.Box 32020
Lusaka, Zambia
Toll free number: 5111
Email: pro@pacra.org.zm
Contact Details link.

• Any dissolved business that is under notice period willing to transfer assets and register the business again.

• Application Fee: Pay as per suggested by the authorities.

• The duplicate certificate is valid for the time period mentioned in the certificate.

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 documents submitted.

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'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office has held birth records since january 1908.

• Business Name
• Physical address
• Postal address
• Registration number

• The re-registration is necessary to transfer asset holdings from one investment provider to another, without selling those assets.

• 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.