Companies Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Botswana, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom in relation to company law. The Bill for an Act with this short title will usually have been known as a Companies Bill during its passage through Parliament.

Companies Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to company law.

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Botswana

The Companies Act 2007

Canada

Nova Scotia

Companies Act, RSNS 1989, c 81 (PDF) (Act). Nova Scotia. 1989. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

India

The Indian Companies Act, 1882 (No. 6 of 1882)

The Indian Companies Act, 1913 (No. 7 of 1913)

The Companies Act, 1956 (No. 1 of 1956)

The Companies Act, 2013 (No. 18 of 2013)

Kenya

The Companies Act 1962 (Cap 486)

The Companies Act 2015

Malaysia

Companies Act 1965

Companies Act 2016

New Zealand

Companies Act 1993 (originally Joint Stock Companies Act 1860)

Singapore

The Companies Act 1967 (Cap 50)

Brunei

The Companies Act 1984

South Africa

The Companies Act, 1973

The Companies Act, 2008

United Kingdom

The Royal Exchange and London Assurance Corporation Act 1719 (6 Geo. 3. c. 18) or Bubble Act

The Trading Companies Act 1834 (4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 94)

The Chartered Companies Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 73)

The Joint Stock Companies Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 110)

The Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16)

The Limited Liability Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 133)

The Joint Stock Companies Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 47)

The Companies Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 89)

The Companies Seals Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 19)

The Companies Clauses Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 118)

The Railway Companies Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 127)

The Companies Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 131)

The Companies Clauses Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 48)

The Joint Stock Companies Arrangement Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 104)

The Companies Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 26)

The Companies Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 76)

The Companies Act 1880 (43 Vict. c. 19)

The Companies (Colonial Registers) Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 30)

The Chartered Companies Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 56)

The Companies Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c. 23)

The Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 48)

The Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 37)

The Companies (Memorandum of Association) Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 62)

The Companies (Winding-up) Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 63)

The Directors Liability Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 64)

The Companies (Winding-up) Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 58)

The Life Assurance Companies (Payment into Court) Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 8)

The Companies Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 50)

The Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 69) (repealed)

The Railway Companies (Accounts and Returns) Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 34)

The Companies Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 25) (repealed)