St Kitts (St Christopher) and Nevis

Government Departments and Institutions:

  1. Official website of the Government of St Kitts and Nevis
  2. Ministry of Finance
  3. Nevis Island Government Ministry of Finance

  4. Nevis Government Website -  Official Nevis Website

Legislation:

  1. Constitution of St Kitts and Nevis 1983
  2. Companies Act 1996 (No 22 of 1996)
  3. Companies (Standard Tables) Order 1997 (No 17 of 1997)
  4. Companies (Fees) Order 1997 (No 18 of 1997)
  5. Companies (Application of Share Premium) Order 1997 (No 19 of 1997)
  6. Companies (Overseas Branch Register) Order 1997 (No 20 of 1997)
  7. Companies (Purchase of Own Shares) Order 1997 (No 21 of 1997)
  8. Companies (Winding Up Provisions) Order 1997 (No 22 of 1997)
  9. Limited Partnerships Act 1996 (No 24 of 1996)
  10. Limited Partnerships (Fees) Order 1997 (No 23 of 1997)
  11. Trusts Act 1996 (No 23 of 1996)
  12. Trusts (Fees) Order 1997 (No 24 of 1997)
  13. Financial Services (Regulations) Order 1997 (No 25 of 1997) as amended
  14. Financial Services (Fees) Order 1997 (No 26 of 1997)
  15. Financial Services (Business Names) Order 1997 (No 27 of 1997) as amended
  16. Financial Services (Prospectuses) Order 1997 (No 28 of 1997)
  17. Financial Services (Professional Bodies) Order 1997 (No 29 of 1997)
  18. Nevis Business Corporation Ordinance 1984
  19. Nevis Business Corporation Ordinance 1984 (235KB) (Download)
  20. Nevis International Exempt Trust Ordinance 1994 (191KB) (Download)
  21. Nevis Limited Liability Company Ordinance 1995
  22. Nevis Limited Liability Company Ordinance 1995 (171KB) (Download)
  23. Nevis Offshore Banking Ordinance 1996 (135KB) (Download)
  24. Nevis Confidential Relationships Act 1985

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Treaties:

  1. Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters
  2. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958)

Tax Treaties (Double Taxation Agreements):

  1. St Christopher (St Kitts and Nevis) - UK (Double Taxation Agreement)

Judgments:

  1. Privy Council Decisions
    [All decisions for 1999 and 2000 and selected decisions from prior to 1999]

Browne v The Queen (St Christopher and Nevis) [1999] UKPC 21 (6 May 1999)

Lawyers and Legal Institutions:

  1. Myrna R Walwyn & Associate
  2. Mitcham and Benjamin
  3. Lawyers in St Kitts and Nevis
  4. Nevis Legal Service (Site 1)
  5. Nevis Legal Services (Site 2)

General:

  1. Fidesco Trust Corporation
  2. Guardian Trust Company
  3. www.nevistrust.com

  4. www.namcs.com/hanver/

  5. http://www.firstfidelitytrust.com ; http://www.nevisweb.kn/firstfid.html

Legal Articles:

  1. Formation of companies and other legal entities
  2. Taxation in St Kitts and Nevis