Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908

Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Companies Act, 1862, and the Acts amending it.
Citation8 Edw. 7. c. 69
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent21 December 1908
Commencement1 April 1909
Repealed1 November 1929
Other legislation
Amends
Repeals/revokes
  • Companies Act 1862
  • Companies Seals Act 1864
  • Companies Act 1867
  • Joint Stock Companies Arrangement Act 1870
  • Companies Act 1877
  • Companies Act 1879
  • Companies Act 1880
  • Companies (Colonial Registers) Act 1883
  • Companies Act 1886
  • Companies (Memorandum of Association) Act 1890
  • Companies (Winding up) Act 1890
  • Directors Liability Act 1890
  • Companies (Winding up) Act 1893
  • Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1897
  • Companies Act 1898
  • Companies Act 1900
  • Companies Act 1907
  • Companies Act 1908
Amended by
Repealed byCompanies Act 1929
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

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.

Companies Act 1913
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the provisions of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, with respect to private Companies.
Citation3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 25
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent15 August 1913
Commencement15 August 1913
Repealed1 November 1929
Other legislation
AmendsCompanies (Consolidation) Act 1908
Repealed byCompanies Act 1929
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The act was one of the Companies Acts 1908 to 1928. The act was to be construed as one with the Companies Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 25).

The act was amended by section 99 of, and the second schedule to the Companies Act 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 45).

The whole act was repealed by section 381(1) of, and part I of the twelfth schedule to, the Companies Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 23), subject to sections 381(2) and 382 of that act.

The whole act was repealed, as to the Republic of Ireland, by section 3(1) of, and the twelfth schedule to, the Companies Act, 1963, subject to the savings in section 3 of that act.

The act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(1) of, and part 4 of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

As to companies registered under the act, see formerly sections 675 to 677 of the Companies Act 1985 and sections 377 to 379 of the Companies Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 38); and sections 625 to 627 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (SI 1986/1032) (NI 6).