Companies Act 1993

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  • Warning: Some amendments have not yet been incorporated
  • Section 405(7) and Schedule 15 Part 1 paragraphs (h), (p), and (q): editorial changes made, on 19 January 2023, under sections 86(1) and 87(l)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).

Part 9 Enforcement

163 Interpretation

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms entitled person, former shareholder, and shareholder include a reference to a personal representative of an entitled person, former shareholder, or shareholder and a person to whom shares of any of those persons have passed by operation of law.