AI-assisted research summary: This Act amends the law relating to companies.
Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983 Permanent Page URL View by Section Amharc de réir Ailt View Full Act Amharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRà arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Priontáil an tAcht Iomlán Previous Section Alt Roimhe Next Section An Chéad Alt Eile Priontáil an tAlt 13 1983 COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I 1. Short title, collective citation and commencement. 2. 3. Amendments, repeals and savings. PART II Name of public limited company, registration and re-registration of companies 4. Name of a public limited company. 5. Registration of companies. 6. Restriction on commencement of business by a public limited company. 7. 8. Power of registrar to strike public limited company off register. 9. Re-registration of private company as public limited company. 10. 11. Re-registration of unlimited company as public limited company. 12. Old public limited companies. 13. Failure by an old public limited company to re-register as public limited company. 14. Re-registration of public limited company as private company. 15. Provisions supplementary to section 14 16. Failure by old public limited company to re-register as another form of company. 17. 18. Registration of joint stock companies. PART III The capital of a company 19. Meaning of “authorised minimum”. 20. Authority of company required for allotment of certain securities by directors. 21. 22. Pre-emption rights 23. Pre-emption rights. 24. Further provisions relating to pre-emption rights. 25. Transitional provisions relating to pre-emption rights. 26. 27. 28. 29. Payment of non-cash consideration. 30. 31. Experts' reports: supplementary. 32. Experts' reports on non-cash assets acquired from subscribers, etc. 33. Provisions supplementary to section 32 34. 35. 36. Contravention of sections 26 35 37. Application of sections 26 36 in special cases. 38. 39. Registration of particulars of special rights. Maintenance of capital 40. Obligation to convene extraordinary general meeting in event of serious loss of capital. 41. 42. 43. 44. PART IV Restrictions on distribution of profits and assets 45. Profits available for distribution. 46. Restriction on distribution of assets. 47. Other distributions of investment companies. 48. Realised profits of assurance companies. 49. The relevant accounts. 50. Consequences of making unlawful distribution. 51. Ancillary provisions. PART V Change of status of certain companies 52. Re-registration of limited company as unlimited. 53. Re-registration of unlimited company as limited. 54. Cesser of section 20 of Principal Act. PART VI 55. Public limited company to publish certain matters in Iris Oifigiúil 56. Trading under misleading name. 57. 58. Revocation of power under section 24 of Principal Act to dispense with “limited” in name of public limited companies. 59. Power by order to prescribe forms and to revoke and amend orders. 60. Laying of orders before Houses of Oireachtas. 61. FIRST SCHEDULE Minor and consequential amendments to the Companies Act, 1963. SECOND SCHEDULE Forms of memorandum of association of a public limited company. THIRD SCHEDULE Assurance Companies Act, 1909 1909, c. 49 Chartered Companies Act, 1837 1837, c. 73 Companies Act, 1963 1963, No. 33 Companies (Amendment) Act, 1977 1977, No. 31 Companies (Amendment) Act, 1982 1982, No. 10 Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 1967 No. 12 Hire-Purchase Act, 1946 1946, No. 16 Insurance Act, 1936 1936, No. 45 13 1983 COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO COMPANIES. [5 th June , 1983] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: