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Companies Act 1947 
Summary
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.
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend the law relating to companies and unit trusts and to dealing in securities, and in connection therewith to amend the law of bankruptcy and the law relating to the registration of business names. |
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| Citation | 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 47 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 August 1947 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
It covered issues such as winding-up and bankruptcy.[1]
It was soon recodified in the Companies Act 1948.
See also edit
- ^ UK Legislation http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/10-11/47/contents