Joint Stock Companies Act, 1857

Penalty on Company not registering.

XXVIII. If any Company hereby required to register under the Joint Stock Companies Acts makes default in registering on or before the said Second Day of November One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, then, from and after such Day until the Day on which such Company is registered under the Joint Stock Companies Acts, 1856, 1857, the following Consequences shall ensue; (that is to say,)

(1.) The Company shall be incapable of suing either at Law or in Equity, but shall not be incapable of being made a Defendant to a Suit either at Law or in Equity:

(2.) No Dividend shall be payable:

(3.) Each Director or Manager of the Company shall for each Day during which the Company is in default incur a Penalty of Five Pounds, and such Penalty may be recovered by any Person, and be applied by him to his own Use:

Nevertheless such Default shall not render the Company so being in default illegal, nor subject it to any Penalty or Disability other than as specified in this Section.