Does the Registrar of Companies regulate companies, limited partnerships, trustees, money lenders or open-ended funds directly?

• A. Yes
• B. No - not directly
• C. Only indirectly
• D. Only for governance matters

Answer: (B)

The Registrar of Companies functions as a registration and records authority, not as a regulator of business conduct. It handles the formation, filing, and maintenance of company and related records, including certain registered entities, but it does not oversee or license how those entities operate on an ongoing basis. Regulation of companies, limited partnerships, trustees, money lenders, or open-ended funds is carried out by other regulators and statutory bodies (for example, the Securities and Futures Commission covers financial products and services, while other agencies handle specific areas like money lending or trusts). The Registrar can enforce compliance with filing requirements and remove entities that fail to meet those duties, but that’s administrative oversight rather than direct regulatory supervision of their activities. So, it does not regulate these entities directly.