Except for Associations in participation, the company's memorandum of association and any amendment thereto shall be drawn up in Arabic and legalized by the Notary Public, or else the Memorandum of Association and its amendments shall be null and void.

Companies may not plead before third parties for the nullity of the memorandum of association or the amendment thereto which has not been formalized in the way mentioned above.

Nullity shall not take effect among partners before a partner files a lawsuit to nullify the company's memorandum of association, and the persons who have entered into contract in its name shall be personally and jointly liable for all their acts.

In all cases, the provisions of the memorandum of association shall apply to the liquidation of the company adjudged null and void and to the settlement of partners' rights towards each other.