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Part IE+W+S Formation and Registration of Companies; Juridical Status and Membership

Chapter IE+W+S Company Formation

Registration and its consequencesE+W+S

15 Memorandum and articles of company limited by guarantee. E+W+S

(1)In the case of a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital, every provision in the memorandum or articles, or in any resolution of the company purporting to give any person a right to participate in the divisible profits of the company otherwise than as a member, is void.

(2)For purposes of provisions of this Act relating to the memorandum of a company limited by guarantee, and for those of section 1(4) and this section, every provision in the memorandum or articles, or in any resolution, of a company so limited purporting to divide the company’s undertaking into shares or interests is to be treated as a provision for a share capital, notwithstanding that the nominal amount or number of the shares or interests is not specified by the provision.