Companies Act, 1959

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Number 7 of 1959.

COMPANIES ACT, 1959.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Interpretation.
2.	Power to issue redeemable preference shares.
3.	Prohibition of provision of financial assistance by company for purchase of or subscription for its own, or its holding company's shares.
4.	Membership of holding company.
5.	Meaning of “holding company” and “subsidiary”.
6.	Extraordinary and special resolutions.
7.	Annual list of members.
8.	Power to acquire shares of shareholders dissenting from scheme or contract approved by majority.
9.	Change of name of company registered by name specified by statute.
10.	Construction of references, in other Acts to holding companies and subsidiary companies.
11.	Repeal.
12.	Short title and collective citation.

Acts Referred to
Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908	1908, c. 69
Companies (Foreign Interests) Act, 1917	1917, c. 18

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Number 7 of 1959.

COMPANIES ACT, 1959.

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE COMPANIES ACTS, 1908 TO 1924. [5th May, 1959.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—