{"endpoint":"company-validate","input_format":"CIPC enterprise number YYYY/NNNNNN/TT","normalized":"2015/123456/07","registration_year":2015,"sequence":"123456","type_code":"07","valid":true,"entity_type":"private company","suffix":"(Pty) Ltd","flags":[],"check":"format and type-code decode only; does not confirm the enterprise exists, is active, or its name. CIPC offers no free machine-readable registry lookup.","registry_lookup":"https://bizportal.gov.za (login, 20 searches per day)","disclaimer":"Independent verification service over public data and standard checksum algorithms. Structural validation does not confirm registration with SARS, Home Affairs or any authority. No identity data is stored; identity query parameters are never logged."}