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# How to check your authorised shares on CIPC

||| Authorised shares are the number of shares that a company is allowed to issue according to its Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI).

###### What you will need

You will need a CIPC customer code and the registration number of the company.

###### How to check your authorised shares

1. Go to the CIPC website for authorised share changes: https://shares.cipc.co.za/
2. Log in with your CIPC customer code and password
3. Search for the company using the registration number (e.g. 2020/123456/07) and click VALIDATE
4. This page should display the authorised shares* under "Shares details"

*If you do not see any authorised shares, do not panic. This simply means CIPC have failed to capture your share classes.

For more information, please read [how to change authorised shares](/en/article/how-to-change-authorised-shares-pxmg9y/)

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