Section 678: Companies registered under Joint Stock Companies Acts.

Companies Act 1985 · 1985 c. 6View on legislation.gov.uk

Part XXII: Bodies Corporate Subject, or Becoming Subject, to this Act (Otherwise than by Original Formation Under Part I) — Chapter I: Companies Formed or Registered under Former Companies Acts

A company registered under the Joint Stock Companies Acts may cause its shares to be transferred in manner hitherto in use, or in such other manner as the company may direct.

The power of altering articles under section 9 of this Act extends, in the case of an unlimited company formed and registered under the Joint Stock Companies Acts, to altering any regulations relating to the amount of capital or to its distribution into shares, notwithstanding that those regulations are contained in the memorandum.

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