Companies Act (with its variations) is a stock
short title
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used for
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in
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,
India
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,
Kenya
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,
Malaysia
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,
New Zealand
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and the
United Kingdom
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in relation to
company law
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. The Bill for an Act with this short title will usually have been known as a Companies Bill during its passage through
Parliament
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.
Companies Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to company law.
List
Botswana
*The Companies Act 2007
Canada
Nova Scotia
*
India
*The
Indian Companies Act 1882
*The
Indian Companies Act 1913
The Companies Act 2013 (No. 18 of 2013) is an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of India which forms the primary source of Indian company law. It received presidential assent on 29 August 2013, and largely superseded the Companies Act 19 ...
(No. 7 of 1913)
*The
Companies Act 1956
The Companies Act 1956 was an Act of the Parliament of India, enacted in 1956, which enabled companies to be formed by registration, and set out the responsibilities of companies, their directors and secretaries. It was repealed and replace ...
*The
Companies Act 2013
The Companies Act 2013 (No. 18 of 2013) is an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of India which forms the primary source of Indian company law. It received presidential assent on 29 August 2013, and largely superseded the Companies Act 19 ...
Kenya
* The Companies Act 1962 (Cap 486)
* The Companies Act 2015
Malaysia
*The
Companies Act 1965
The Companies Act 1965 (), is a Malaysian law which relates to companies.
Structure
The Companies Act 1965, in its current form (15 August 2007), consists of 12 Parts containing 374 sections and 10 schedules (including 36 amendments).
* Part I: Pr ...
New Zealand
*
Companies Act 1993
The Companies Act is an Act of Parliament passed in New Zealand in 1993.
The Act regulates companies, and replaces the earlier Companies Act of 1955.
Case law
* '' Allied Concrete Ltd v Meltzer -'' Decision determining the meaning of "gave val ...
(originall
Joint Stock Companies Act 1860
Singapore
*The Companies Act 1967 (Cap 50)
Brunei
*The
Companies Act 1984
South Africa
*The
Companies Act, 1973
*The
Companies Act, 2008
United Kingdom
*The
Royal Exchange and London Assurance Corporation Act 1719
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(
6 Geo. 3. c. 18) or Bubble Act
*The
Trading Companies Act 1834
Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market.
Traders generally negotiate through a medium of credi ...
(
4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 94)
*The
Chartered Companies Act 1837 Chartered may refer to:
* Charter, a legal document conferring rights or privileges
** University charter
** Chartered company
* Chartered (professional), a professional credential
* Charter (shipping)
* Charter (airlines)
* Charter (typeface)
* Cha ...
(
7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 73)
*The
Joint Stock Companies Act 1844
The Joint Stock Companies Act 1844 ( 7 & 8 Vict. c. 110) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that expanded access to the incorporation of joint-stock companies.
Before the act, incorporation was possible only by royal charter o ...
(
7 & 8 Vict. c. 110)
*The
Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (
8 & 9 Vict. c. 16)
*The
Limited Liability Act 1855
The Limited Liability Act 1855 ( 18 & 19 Vict. c. 133) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that first expressly allowed limited liability for corporations that could be established by the general public in England and Wales as wel ...
(
18 & 19 Vict. c. 133)
*The
Joint Stock Companies Act 1856
The Joint Stock Companies Act 1856 ( 19 & 20 Vict. c. 47) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a consolidating statute that was recognised as the founding piece of modern United Kingdom company law.
Overview
Unlike other ...
(
19 & 20 Vict. c. 47)
*The
Companies Act 1862
The Companies Act 1862 ( 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.
Provisions
*s 6 'Any seven or more persons associated for any lawful purpos ...
(
25 & 26 Vict. c. 89)
*The
Companies Seals Act 1864 (
27 & 28 Vict. c. 19)
*The
Companies Clauses Act 1863 (
26 & 27 Vict. c. 118)
*The
Railway Companies Act 1867 (
30 & 31 Vict. c. 127)
*The
Companies Act 1867 (
30 & 31 Vict. c. 131)
*The
Companies Clauses Act 1869 (
32 & 33 Vict. c. 48)
*The
Joint Stock Companies Arrangement Act 1870 (
33 & 34 Vict. c. 104)
*The
Companies Act 1877 (
40 & 41 Vict. c. 26)
*The
Companies Act 1879 (
42 & 43 Vict. c. 76)
*The
Companies Act 1880 (
43 Vict. c. 19)
*The
Companies (Colonial Registers) Act 1883 (
46 & 47 Vict. c. 30)
*The
Chartered Companies Act 1884 (
47 & 48 Vict. c. 56)
*The
Companies Act 1886 (
49 & 50 Vict. c. 23)
*The
Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1888 (
51 & 52 Vict. c. 48)
*The
Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1889 (
52 & 53 Vict. c. 37)
*The
Companies (Memorandum of Association) Act 1890 (
53 & 54 Vict. c. 62)
*The
Companies (Winding-up) Act 1890 (
53 & 54 Vict. c. 63)
*The
Directors Liability Act 1890 (
53 & 54 Vict. c. 64)
*The
Companies (Winding-up) Act 1893 (
56 & 57 Vict. c. 58)
*The
Life Assurance Companies (Payment into Court) Act 1896 (
59 & 60 Vict. c. 8)
*The
Companies Act 1907 (
7 Edw. 7. c. 50)
*The
Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908 (
8 Edw. 7. c. 69) (repealed)
*The
Railway Companies (Accounts and Returns) Act 1911 (
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 34)
*The
Companies Act 1913 (
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 25) (repealed)
*The
Statutory Companies (Redeemable Stock) Act 1915 (
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 44)
*The
Companies Act 1928 (
18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 45)
*The
Companies Act 1929
The Companies Act 1929 ( 19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 23) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which regulated UK company law. Its descendant is the Companies Act 2006.
Provisions
Forms made under the 1929 act introduced the term "Compani ...
(
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 23)
*The
Companies Act 1947
The Companies Act 1947 ( 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 47) was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament, that updated UK company law after the Companies Act 1929.
It covered issues such as winding-up and bankruptcy.UK Legislation http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ ...
(
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 47)
*The
Companies Act 1948
The Companies Act 1948 ( 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 38) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which regulated UK company law. Its descendant is the Companies Act 2006.
Cases decided under this Act
*'' Bushell v Faith'' 970AC 1099
*'' Sc ...
(
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 38)
*The
Insurance Companies Act 1958 (
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 72) (repealed)
*The
Companies Act 1967 (c. 81) (repealed)
*The
Insurance Companies Amendment Act 1973 (c. 58)
*The
Insurance Companies Act 1974 (c. 49) (repealed)
*The
Companies Act 1976 (c. 69) (repealed)
*The
Insurance Companies Act 1980 (c. 25)
*The
Insurance Companies Act 1981 (c. 31) (repealed)
*The
Insurance Companies Act 1982 (c. 50) (repealed)
*The
Companies Act 1985
The Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, enacted in 1985, which enabled companies to be formed by registration, and set out the responsibilities of companies, their ...
(c. 6)
*The
Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9)
*The
Companies Act 1989
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether natural, juridical or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific ...
(c. 40)
*The
Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 (c. 58)
*The
Insurance Companies (Reserves) Act 1995 (c. 29) (repealed)
*The
(c. 27)
*The
Companies Act 2006
The Companies Act 2006 (c. 46) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which forms the primary source of UK company law.
The act was brought into force in stages, with the final provision being commenced on 1 October 2009. It largel ...
(c. 46)
The Companies Acts 1862 to 1893 is the
collective title A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949.
Construction of references to citation with a group ...
of the Companies Act 1862, the Companies Seals Act 1864, the Companies Act 1867, the Joint Stock Companies Arrangement Act 1870, the Companies Act 1877, the Companies Act 1879, the Companies Act 1880, the Companies (Colonial Registers) Act 1883, the Companies Act 1886, the Companies (Memorandum of Association) Act 1890, the Companies (Winding-up) Act 1890, the Directors Liability Act 1890 and the Companies (Winding-up) Act 1893.
The Companies Acts 1948 to 1976 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 Act 1976, and the Companies Act 1976.
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 Act 1976, the Companies Act 1976, and the Companies Act 1980.
The Companies Clauses Acts 1845 to 1889 is the collective title of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, the Companies Clauses Act 1863, the Companies Clauses Act 1869, the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1888 and the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1889.
The Life Assurance Companies Acts 1870 to 1872 was the collective title of the following Acts:
[The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2]
*The
Life Assurance Companies Act 1870
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(
33 & 34 Vict. c. 61)
*The
Life Assurance Companies Act 1871 (
34 & 35 Vict. c. 58)
*The
Life Assurance Companies Act 1872 (
35 & 36 Vict. c. 41)
Scotland
*The
Companies Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 (
8 & 9 Vict. c. 17)
*The
Railway Companies (Scotland) Act 1867 (
30 & 31 Vict. c. 126)
*The
Companies (Floating Charges) (Scotland) Act 1961 (
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 46)
Northern Ireland
*The
Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 (c. 22 (NI))
*The
Insurance Companies (Northern Ireland) Act 1968 (c. 6 (NI))
*The
Open-Ended Investment Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 13)
=Companies Order
=
A number of
Orders in Council
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with this title (or some variation on it) have been passed. The change in nomenclature is due to the demise of the
Parliament of Northern Ireland
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and the imposition of
direct rule
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Examples Chechnya
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. These orders are considered to be
primary legislation
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.
*The
Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (
SI 1986/1032 (N.I.6))
*The
Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (
SI 1986/1035 (N.I. 9))
*The
Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (
SI 1989/2404 (N.I.18))
*The
Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (
SI 1990/593 (N.I.5))
*The
Companies (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (
SI 1990/1504 (N.I.10))
*The
Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (
SI 2005
This is an incomplete list of statutory instruments of the United Kingdom in 2005.
1–100
* The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Gibraltar) (Amendment) Order 2005S.I. 2005 No. 1
* The Education (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements ...
/1967 (N.I.17))
See also
*
List of short titles
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References
Chatfield, Michael. "Companies Acts." In ''History of Accounting: An International Encyclopedia'' edited by
Michael Chatfield
Michael Chatfield (1930s-2004) was an American economist, accounting historian, and emeritus Professor of Accounting at the Southern Oregon University, known for his work on the history of accounting and accounting thought, and particularly for hi ...
and
Richard Vangermeersch
Richard G.J. Vangermeersch (born 1940) is an American economist, and Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Rhode Island, particularly known for his ''History of Accounting: An International Encyclopedia,'' edited with Michael Chat ...
. New York: Garland Publishing, 1996. pp. 136–139.
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