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in relation to
company law. 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
India
*The
Indian Companies Act 1882
*The
Companies Act 1913
The Companies Act 2013 is an Act of the Parliament of India on Indian company law which regulates incorporation of a company, responsibilities of a company, directors, dissolution of a company. The 2013 Act is divided into 29 chapters containin ...
*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 It was repealed and replaced b ...
*The
Companies Act 2013
The Companies Act 2013 is an Act of the Parliament of India on Indian company law which regulates incorporation of a company, responsibilities of a company, directors, dissolution of a company. The 2013 Act is divided into 29 chapters containin ...
Kenya
* The Companies Act 1962 (Cap 486)
* The Companies Act 2015
Malaysia
*The
Companies Act 1965
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.
See also
* ''Mason v Lewis -'' Decision holding that the test for determining what reckless tra ...
(originall
Joint Stock Companies Act 1860
Singapore
*The Companies Act 1967 (Cap 50)
Brunei
*The
Companies Act 1984
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...
South Africa
*The
Companies Act, 1973
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...
*The
Companies Act, 2008
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...
United Kingdom
*The
Royal Exchange and London Assurance Corporation Act 1719 (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.
An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct excha ...
*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)
* Ch ...
(7 Will 4 & 1 Vict c 73)
*The
Joint Stock Companies Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict c 110)
*The
Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...
(8 & 9 Vict c 16)
*The
Limited Liability Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict c 133)
*The
Joint Stock Companies Act 1856 (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 purpose may ...
(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
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...
(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
The Companies Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 50) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom regulating UK company law, whose descendant is the Companies Act 2006.
Reforms
One reform made by the 1907 Act was to introduce explicitly a separate se ...
(7 Edw 7 c 50)
*The
Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908
The Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908 was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament, which regulated UK company law. Its descendant is the Companies Act 2006.
Cases decided under this Act
*''Re Parkes Garage (Swadlincote) Ltd'' 9291 Ch 139
See also
...
*The
Railway Companies (Accounts and Returns) Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo 5 c 34)
*The
Statutory Companies (Redeemable Stock) Act 1915 (5 & 6 Geo 5 c 44)
*The
Companies Act 1928
*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 "Companies Cou ...
(19 & 20 Geo 5 c 23)
*The
Companies Act 1947 (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
*''Scottish ...
(11 & 12 Geo 6 c 38)
*The
Insurance Companies Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz 2 c 72) (Repealed)
*The
Companies Act 1967
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...
(c 81) (Repealed)
*The
Insurance Companies Amendment Act 1973 (c 58)
*The
Insurance Companies Act 1974 (c 49) (Repealed)
*The
Companies Act 1976
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...
(c 69) (Repealed)
*The
Insurance Companies Act 1980 (c 25)
*The
Insurance Companies Act 1981 (c 31) (Repealed)
*The
Insurance Companies Act 1982
Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...
(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 people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...
(c 40)
*The
Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 (c 58)
*The
Insurance Companies (Reserves) Act 1995 (c 29) (Repealed)
*The
Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (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 largely ...
(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 (33 & 34 Vict c 61)
*The
Life Assurance Companies Act 1871
Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energy t ...
(34 & 34 Vict c 58)
*The
Life Assurance Companies Act 1872
Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energy t ...
(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
Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...
(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
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Examples Chechnya
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. These orders are considered to be
primary legislation.
*The
Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...
(S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I.6))
*The
Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1035 (N.I. 9))
*The
Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2404 (N.I.18))
*The
Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/593 (N.I.5))
*The
Companies (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1504 (N.I.10))
*The
Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1967 (N.I.17))
See also
*
List of short titles
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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