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SCHEDULES TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS.

SCHEDULE (A.)

Notice of Burial.

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SCHEDULE (B.)

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Prohibition of

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COMPANIES.

The Companies Act, 1862.

25 & 26 VICT. c. 89.

4. No company, association, or partnership, consisting of more than ten persons shall be formed after the commencement of this Act for carrying on the business of banking unless registered under this Act, or formed pursuant to some other Act or of letters patent.

No company, association, or partnership, consisting of more. than twenty persons shall be formed after the commencement of this Act for the purpose of carrying on any other business that has for its object the acquisition of gain unless registered under this Act, or formed pursuant to some other Act or of letters patent, or unless it is a mining company within the Stannaries.(a)

(a) To render an unregistered company, association, or partnership illegal within sect. 4, there must be a joint relation of more than twenty persons for the common purpose of performing jointly a succession or series of acts such as to constitute a business, other than banking, which has for its object the acquisition of gain by the company. "Business" is to be understood in the practical sense of the word as ordinarily used, and does not include an arrangement the parties to which are not directly or indirectly to be parties to any contract. A mere subsidiary minor transaction provided for under a trust deed, although it may result in gain, does not become a part of the object so as to bring the case within this section: (Smith v. Anderson, 43 L. T. 329; 15 Ch. Div. 247; 50 L.J. 39, Ch.)

PART I.-Constitution and Incorporation of Companies and
Associations under this Act.

Memorandum of Association.

6. Any seven or more persons associated for any lawful Mode of formpurpose may, by subscribing their names to a memorandum of ing company. association, and otherwise complying with the requisitions of this

Act in respect of registration, form an incorporated company

with or without limited liability.

7. The liability of the members of a company formed under Mode of limiting this Act may, according to the memorandum of association, be liability. limited either to the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares respectively held by them, or to such amount as the members may respectively undertake by the memorandum of association to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of its being wound-up.

of company

8. Where a company is formed on the principle of having the Memorandum liability of its members limited to the amount unpaid on their of association shares, hereinafter referred to as a company limited by shares, limited by the memorandum of association shall contain:

(1.) The name of the proposed company, with the addition of
the word "limited as the last word in such name.
(2.) The part of the United Kingdom, whether England,
Scotland, or Ireland, in which the registered office of the
company is proposed to be situate.

(3.) The objects for which the proposed company is to be
established.

(4.) A declaration that the liability of the members is limited.

(5.) The amount of capital with which the company proposes to be registered, divided into shares of a certain fixed amount.

Subject to the following regulations :

(1.) That no subscriber shall take less than one share.

(2.) That each subscriber of the memorandum of association

shall write opposite to his name the number of shares
he takes.

shares.

of association of company

guarantee.

9. Where a company is formed on the principle of having the Memorandum liability of its members limited to such amount as the members respectively undertake to contribute to the assets of the company limited by in the event of the same being wound up, hereinafter referred to as a company limited by guarantee, the memorandum of association shall contain the following things: (1.) [Identical with sect. 8 (1).]

(2.) [Identical with sect. 8 (2).]

(3.) [Identical with sect. 8 (3).]

(4.) A declaration that each member undertakes to contribute

Memorandum

of association of unlimited

company.

Stamp, signa

ture, and effect of memorandum.

Power to alter memorandum.

Change of name.

Regulations to be prescribed.

to the assets of the company, in the event of the same being wound up, during the time that he is a member, or within one year afterwards, for payment of the debts and liabilities of the company contracted before the time at which he ceases to be a member, and of the costs, charges, and expenses of winding up the company, and for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories amongst themselves, such amount as may be required, not exceeding a specified amount.

10. Where a company is formed on the principle of having no limit placed on the liability of its members, hereinafter referred to as an unlimited company, the memorandum of association shall contain the following things:

(1.) The name of the proposed company.
(2.) [Identical with sect. 8 (2).]
(3.) [Identical with sect. 8 (3).]

11. The memorandum of association shall bear the same stamp as if it were a deed, and shall be signed by each subscriber in the presence of, and be attested by, one witness at the least; it shall, when registered, bind the company and the members thereof to the same extent as if each member had subscribed his name and affixed his seal thereto, and there were in the memorandum contained, on the part of himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, a covenant to observe all the conditions of such memorandum, subject to the provisions of this Act.

12. Any company limited by shares may so far modify the conditions contained in its memorandum of association, if authorised to do so by its regulations as originally framed, or as altered by special resolution in manner hereinafter mentioned(a) as to increase its capital by the issue of new shares of such amount as it thinks expedient, or to consolidate and divide its capital into shares of larger amount than its existing shares, or to convert its paid-up shares into stock, but, save as aforesaid, and save as is hereinafter provided, in the case of a change of name, no alteration shall be made by any company in the conditions contained in its memorandum of association.

13. Power to company to change its name by means of a special resolution, and with the approval of the Board of Trade.

Articles of Association.

14. The memorandum of association may, in the case of a company limited by shares, and shall in the case of a company limited by guarantee or unlimited, be accompanied, when registered, by articles of association signed by the subscribers of the memorandum of association, and prescribing such regulations for

(a) As to what is a special resolution, see sect. 51, p. 78.

the company as the subscribers to the memorandum of association deem expedient; the articles shall be expressed in separate paragraphs numbered arithmetically; they may adopt all or any of the provisions contained in Table (A.) in the first schedule to the Act; they shall in the case of a company, whether limited by guarantee or unlimited, that has a capital divided into shares, state the amount of capital with which the company proposes to be registered; and in the case of a company, whether limited by guarantee or unlimited, that has not a capital divided into shares, state the number of members with which the company proposes to be registered, for the purpose of enabling the registrar to determine the fees payable on registration. In a company limited by guarantee or unlimited, and having a capital divided into shares, each subscriber shall take one share at the least, and shall write opposite to his name in the memorandum of association the number of shares he takes.

Table (A).

15. In the case of a company limited by shares, if the memo- Application of randum of association is not accompanied by articles of association, or in so far as the articles do not exclude or modify the regulations contained in Table (A.) in the first schedule to the Act, the last-mentioned regulations shall, so far as the same are applicable, be deemed to be the regulations of the company in the same manner and to the same extent as if they had been inserted in articles of association, and the articles had been duly registered.

ture, and effect of articles.

16. The articles of association shall be printed; they shall Stamp, signabear the same stamp as if they were contained in a deed; and shall be signed by each subscriber in the presence of, and be attested by, one witness at the least. When registered, they shall bind the company and the members thereof to the same extent as if each member had subscribed his name and affixed his seal thereto, and there were in such articles contained a covenant on the part of himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to conform to all the regulations contained in such articles, subject to the provisions of this Act; and all moneys payable by any member of the company in pursuance of the conditions and regulations of the company, or any of such conditions or regulations, shall be deemed to be a debt due from such member to the company, and in England and Ireland to be in the nature of a specialty debt.

General Provisions.

17. As to registration of memorandum and articles, and Registration. payment of fees thereupon.

18. Upon the registration of the memorandum of association, and of the articles of association in cases where articles of association are required by this Act, or by the desire of the

Copies of memorandum and articles to be supplied to members.

Identity of

name. Restriction as

to art, &c., com

land.

parties, to be registered, the registrar shall certify under his hand that the company is incorporated, and, in the case of a limited company, that the company is limited. The subscribers of the memorandum of association, together with such other persons as may from time to time become members of the company, shall thereupon be a body corporate by the name contained in the memorandum of association, capable forthwith of exercising all the functions of an incorporated company, and having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to hold lands, but with such liability on the part of the members to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of the same being wound up, as is hereinafter mentioned. A certificate of the incorporation of any company given by the registrar shall be conclusive evidence that all the requisitions of this Act in respect of registration have been complied with.

19. A copy of the memorandum of association, having annexed thereto the articles of association, if any, shall be forwarded to every member at his request, on payment of the sum of 18. or such less sum as may be prescribed by the company, for each copy; and if any company makes default in forwarding a copy of the memorandum of association and articles of association, if any, to a member in pursuance of this section, the company so making default shall for each offence incur a penalty not exceeding 17.

20. Prohibition against identity of names in companies.

21. No company formed for the purpose of promoting art, science, religion, charity, or any other like object, not involving panies holding the acquisition of gain by the company or by the individual members thereof, shall, without the sanction of the Board of Trade, hold more than two acres of land; but the Board of Trade may, by licence under the hand of one of the principal or assistant secretaries, empower any such company to hold lands in such quantity and subject to such conditions as they think fit.

Nature of interest in company.

Definition of "member."

PART II.-Distribution of Capital and Liability of Members of
Companies and Associations under this Act.

Distribution of Capital.

22. The shares or other interest of any member in a company under this Act shall be personal estate, capable of being transferred in manner provided by the regulations of the company, and shall not be of the nature of real estate; and each share shall, in the case of a company having a capital divided into shares, be distinguished by its appropriate number.

23. The subscribers of the memorandum of association of any company under this Act shall be deemed to have agreed to

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