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| Name: | Companies Act, 1992 (No. 18 of 1992), as amended. |
| Country: | Bahamas |
| Subject(s): | Civil, commercial and family law |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1992 |
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| ISN: | BHS-1992-L-66894 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=66894&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Lex Bahamas  Bahamian Online Legal Resource Centre, Bahamas PDF (consulted on 2011-03-31) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Comprehensive legislation on companies. Divided into 10 parts. Part 1 (s. 1-2) contains preliminary provisions. Part 2 (s. 3-34) regulates constitution and incorporation of companies. Part 3 (s. 35-83) provides for share capital, share holders and related matters. Part 4 (s. 84-160) deals with management of companies and protection of creditors and investors. Part 5 (s. 161-168) makes provision for merger, consolidation and consequential matters. Part 6 (s. 169-191) regulates incorporation and registration of other companies. Part 7 (s. 192-275) provides for winding-up of companies. Part 8 (s. 276-284) deals with administrative matters. Part 9 (s. 285-306) makes provision for civil remedies, civil penalties and offences. Part 10 (s. 307-312) contains miscellaneous provisions. |
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