Memorandum and articles in Sri Lanka – official record
A Sri Lanka memorandum and articles / constitutional documents extract sets out a company's constitution as filed – its name, objects and share provisions – at the point the document was issued. Whether it can be obtained by a foreign applicant, and at what fee, is being confirmed against the primary source; REGISTRUM checks both before any order is accepted.
What this document shows
A memorandum and articles / constitutional documents extract, where obtained from a company register, ordinarily reproduces the fields a company filed at incorporation and at each later amendment. Sri Lanka's corporate register is understood to hold constitutional records of this kind for locally incorporated companies, although the precise scope of what is filed and disclosed for any given entity is a matter presently being confirmed against the primary source rather than assumed in advance. As a Sri Lanka company document, the constitutional extract stands as a record of what was filed. It is not a live record.
Where the extract is issued in full, it typically sets out the company's registered name, its registration number and the date of incorporation, together with the registered office address as most recently filed. Where the constitution has been amended since incorporation, the document may show each amendment as a separate dated entry rather than as a single continuous text, so a reader comparing an earlier and a later copy should expect gaps in the record rather than a running narrative of change.
An objects clause, where the jurisdiction still requires one to be stated, sets out the purposes for which the company was formed. Some jurisdictions have moved away from a restricted objects model toward an unrestricted one; whether Sri Lanka retains a restricted objects requirement for the entity requested is confirmed at the point of order rather than stated here as settled fact.
Share capital provisions, where present in the constitutional filing, record the authorised and issued capital as at the date of that filing, together with the classes of share the constitution permits the company to issue. This is a static record of what the constitution allows at a point in time, not a live shareholding position; a reader wanting the current ownership structure should treat the constitutional extract and a shareholding extract as two separate requests, each answering a different question.
Subscriber or founding member details, where the original filing records them, appear exactly as lodged at incorporation and are not updated by later transfers of shares.
What it does not show
The constitutional extract does not show a company's current shareholding. Where shares have changed hands since the constitution was filed or last amended, that movement sits in a separate register or a separate class of extract, not in this document. That gap is structural.
It does not show charges registered against the company's assets. Where a register of charges exists in the jurisdiction, a search of that register – not of the constitutional filing – is the route to that information, and it is a different request from the one answered here.
It does not show the company's litigation or insolvency standing. A winding-up petition, a court order or a gazette notice, where any of these exists for the entity, is held by the courts or by an official gazette rather than by the register that files constitutions. Courts hold that answer.
It does not show whether a non-resident applicant may request the document directly, or whether the request must proceed through a licensed registered agent in the jurisdiction. This is not a matter of convenience but of an access structure that is, for Sri Lanka's corporate register, presently being confirmed against the primary source rather than settled; REGISTRUM tests the route on each order rather than assuming an answer that has not yet been verified.
Where the fee itself has not been confirmed, as is presently the case here, that too is a gap this page does not fill by estimation.
How it is obtained
A request for a memorandum and articles / constitutional documents extract for a Sri Lankan company is directed to the registrar that holds company constitutional filings in the jurisdiction. The precise office, and its current rules for accepting a request from outside Sri Lanka, are confirmed against the primary source before an order is accepted, because the access regime for this register is presently marked for confirmation rather than settled fact.
The official fee charged by that authority is likewise being confirmed against the primary source at the time of writing. No figure appears here. REGISTRUM checks the current fee with the issuing authority and quotes it before payment is requested, rather than estimating a figure in advance.
REGISTRUM's own handling window for this order, once availability is confirmed, is two working days (as at 30 October 2026). Where the authority's own processing adds further time to that figure, the combined total is stated in the order confirmation, not assumed on this page.
Documents issued by Sri Lankan authorities are ordinarily produced in the register's working language. Whether an English-language version, or a certified Sri Lanka extract carrying the register's own certification wording, is available as standard or only through a separate translation step is confirmed at the point of order rather than assumed here.
Whether a foreign applicant can request this document directly – without a local representative, a Sri Lankan national identifier or a local electronic signature – is a further point presently under confirmation. Where a licensed registered agent in the jurisdiction is required as a matter of practice, REGISTRUM arranges that route rather than asking the client to appoint one directly.
Reuse of the delivered document is governed on a per-document basis: the copy supplied answers the specific request made and does not carry a standing right to further searches, updates or re-issue. Nothing more is implied.
Price and timeline
Price on request: the fee is confirmed against the primary source before payment. No fee is guessed here. Apostille, certified translation, courier delivery and a rush service can each be added to the order, each adjusting the handling window by an amount confirmed when the order is placed. If the document does not exist in this jurisdiction or cannot be obtained for you, we say so before you pay and we do not take the order.
How long does a memorandum & articles / constitutional documents from Sri Lanka take?
REGISTRUM's standard handling window for this order, once availability and the fee are confirmed, is two working days (as at 30 October 2026). Where the issuing authority in Sri Lanka adds its own processing time on top of that figure, the combined total is stated in the order confirmation before payment rather than assumed on this page; add-ons such as courier delivery or a rush service adjust the total and are confirmed at the same point.
Will a Sri Lanka document be accepted abroad without an apostille?
Acceptance abroad is decided by the receiving authority in the destination country, not by REGISTRUM. Where that authority requires legalisation, an apostille or consular legalisation can be added to the order as a separate step, confirmed against the destination country's own requirements rather than assumed in advance. Without that step, a document issued in Sri Lanka carries only its domestic form.
What does a memorandum & articles / constitutional documents in Sri Lanka not show?
It does not show a company's current shareholding, any charges registered against its assets, or its litigation or insolvency standing, each of which sits in a separate filing where one exists. It records the constitution as filed at a point in time rather than the entity's present standing, and whether a non-resident applicant may request it directly is presently being confirmed against the primary source.
Can REGISTRUM confirm the fee before I place an order?
Yes. Because the official fee for this document in Sri Lanka has not yet been verified against the primary source, REGISTRUM checks the current figure with the issuing authority before payment is requested. The confirmed fee, together with the confirmed handling window, is set out once the entity, the jurisdiction and the date required are stated in the order form.
Does REGISTRUM use a local registered agent in Sri Lanka for this order?
Where the register's own rules require a local route rather than a direct foreign application, REGISTRUM arranges the order through a licensed registered agent in the jurisdiction. Whether that route is required for this specific document is one of the points presently being confirmed against the primary source, and the answer is given as part of the availability check before an order is placed.
State the entity, the jurisdiction and the date you need the memorandum and articles / constitutional documents by; we confirm availability and the fee before you pay. Where an applicant prefers to request the constitutional record directly rather than through REGISTRUM, the step-by-step self-service route is set out at how to get a memorandum and articles in Sri Lanka.
REGISTRUM obtains and delivers official records issued by public registers and licensed registered agents. This page describes what those records contain and how they are obtained. It is not advice on the legal effect of any record. To order, write to info@registrumfirm.com.