Companies Act 1985 (c. 6)

[F1 F2 Part III U.K. Capital Issues

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. III (ss. 56-79) repealed by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), ss. 211(1), 212(3), Sch. 17 Pt. I (the repeal coming into force as mentioned in S.I. 1986/2246, art. 5, Sch. 4, S.I. 1988/740, arts. 2-7, Sch. (as amended by S.I 1988/1960, arts. 2-4 and by S.I. 1988/2285, arts. 2-6) and S.I. 1995/1538, art. 2 and otherwise prosp.)

F2 Ss. 56-79 repealed (prosp.) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1295, 1300, Sch. 16 and the repeal being partly in force, as to which see individual sections.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. III (ss. 56-79): functions transferred from the Secretary of State to the Treasury (7.6.1992) by S.I. 1992/1315, arts. 2(3)(4), 6.

Chapter II U.K. Issues by Companies Incorporated, or to be Incorporated, Outside Great Britain

73 Attempted evasion of s. 72 to be void. U.K.

A condition requiring or binding an applicant for shares or debentures to waive compliance with any requirement imposed—

(a) by subsection (2) of section 72, as regards the particulars to be contained in the prospectus, or

(b) by subsection (3) of that section, as regards compliance with Schedule 3,

or purporting to affect an applicant with notice of any contract, document or matter not specifically referred to in the prospectus, is void.]