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The Companies Act 1862 [1] (25 & 26 Vict. c. 89) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom regulating UK company law, whose descendant is the Companies Act 2006.
An Act to consolidate the Companies Act, 1929, the Companies Act, 1947 (other than the provisions thereof relating to the registration of business names, bankruptcy and the prevention of fraud in connection with unit trusts), and certain other enactments amending the first-mentioned Act. Citation: 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 38: Dates; Royal assent: 30 ...
The Companies Acts 1948 to 1980 was the collective title of the Companies Act 1948, Parts I and III of the Companies Act 1967, the Companies (Floating Charges and Receivers) (Scotland) Act 1972, section 9 of the European Communities Act 1972, sections 1 to 4 of the Stock Exchange (Completion of Bargains) Act 1976, section 9 of the Insolvency ...
These two features – a simple registration procedure and limited liability – were subsequently codified in the first modern company law Act, the Joint Stock Companies Act 1856. A series of Companies Acts up to the present Companies Act 2006 have essentially retained the same fundamental features.
The Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 69) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was part of the company law of that country and of the Republic of Ireland. This Act was one of the Companies Acts 1908 to 1928. [2] This Act was to be construed as one with the Companies Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 25). [3]
The first companies legislation in the British Virgin Islands was the Companies Act, 1884. However the great leap forward for company law in the jurisdiction occurred in 1984 with the passing of the International Business Companies Act, 1984.
British Abrasive Wheel Co needed to raise further capital.The 98% majority were willing to provide this capital if they could buy up the 2% minority. Having failed to effect this buying agreement, the 98% purposed to change the articles of association to give them the power to purchase the shares of the minority.
Table A was first introduced by the Joint Stock Companies Act 1856 (as 'Table B'), and then under its current name of 'Table A' by the Companies Act 1862. The existing form of Table A was introduced in 1985 by the subsidiary legislation [1] passed under the Companies Act 1985, although it has been updated on several occasions since its ...