Business
Companies Act 2015 with mandatory beneficial-ownership filing
Company law was modernised wholesale by the Companies Act 2015, which replaced a 1983 statute. Registration runs through the Registrar of Companies, and foreign investment in reserved activities needs Investment Fiji approval.
Key rules
- Deadline — Annual return filed with the Registrar of Companies each year
- Deadline — Exchange-control approval from the Reserve Bank is needed before certain profit remittances
Governing law
- Companies Act 2015 (s. 25)
- Investment Act 2021
- Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission Act 2010
- Foreign Exchange Act 1971
In practice
The 2015 Act introduced modern directors' duties, a solvency-based approach to distributions, and beneficial-ownership disclosure. The practical constraint on foreign business is not company formation, which is straightforward, but two other layers: activities reserved or restricted to Fijian citizens under the investment legislation, and exchange control administered by the Reserve Bank of Fiji, which still governs the movement of capital and dividends offshore. Anyone planning to repatriate profits should confirm the exchange-control position before committing capital, not after.