Companies Act (with its variations) is a stock
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United Kingdom
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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 containi ...
*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 It was repealed and replaced ...
*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 containi ...
Kenya
* The Companies Act 1962 (Cap 486)
* The Companies Act 2015
Malaysia
*The
Companies Act 1965
New Zealand
*
Companies Act 1993 (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 g ...
South Africa
*The
Companies Act, 1973
*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 g ...
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 exch ...
*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 g ...
(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 (25 & 26 Vict c 89)
*The
Companies Seals Act 1864
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 ...
(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
*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 (19 & 20 Geo 5 c 23)
*The
Companies Act 1947
The Companies Act 1947 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/ukpga/Geo6/10-11/47/content ...
(10 & 11 Geo 6 c 47)
*The
Companies Act 1948 (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 g ...
(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 (c 6)
*The
Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c 9)
*The
Companies Act 1989 (c 40)
*The
Statutory Water Companies Act 1991
A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislature, legislative authority that governs the legal entities of a city, State (polity), state, or country by way of consent. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare Public p ...
(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 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 (34 & 34 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 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 and the imposition of
direct rule. These orders are considered to be
primary legislation
Primary legislation and secondary legislation (the latter also called delegated legislation or subordinate legislation) are two forms of law, created respectively by the legislative and executive branches of governments in representative democ ...
.
*The
Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (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
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List of short titles
This is a list of stock short titles that are used for legislation in one or more of the countries where short titles are used. It is also a list of articles that list or discuss legislation by short title or subject.
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References
Chatfield, Michael. "Companies Acts." In ''History of Accounting: An International Encyclopedia'' edited by
Michael Chatfield 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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