Companies and Securities Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1981 (Cth)

Companies and Securities Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1981

No. 153 of 1981

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1—PRELIMINARY Section 1. Short title 2. Commencement PART II—NATIONAL COMPANIES AND SECURITIES COMMISSION ACT 1979 3. Principal Act 4. Delegation by Commission PART III—COMPANIES (ACQUISITION OF SHARES) ACT 1980 5. Principal Act 6. Schedule 7. Other amendments PART IV—SECURITIES INDUSTRY ACT 1980 8. Principal Act 9. Repeal of section 11 and substitution of new section— 11. Privilege 10. Disclosure to Commission 11. Power of Court to make certain orders 12. Change of principals of representative 13. Power of Court to prohibit payment or transfer of moneys, securities or other property TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued Section 14. Insertion of new section— 149a. Power of Court to punish for contempt of Court 15. Other amendments PART V—SECURITIES INDUSTRY (FEES) ACT 1980 16. Principal Act 17. Interpretation PART VI—COMPANIES AND SECURITIES (INTERPRETATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1980 18. Principal Act 19. Lodging of documents and references to office of Commission 20. Indictable offences and summary offences PART VII—COMPANIES ACT 1981 21. Principal Act 22. Interpretation 23. Repeal of section 16 and substitution of new section— 16. Privilege 24. Registration of auditors 25. Registration of liquidators 26. Security to be given by liquidators 27. Cancellation or suspension of registration 28. Registers 29. Omission of "Limited" in names of charitable and other companies 30. Certificate authorizing application for transfer of incorporation 31. Application of this Act to corporations registered under this Division 32. Invitations or offers in relation to borrowings by a corporation 33. Contents of prospectuses 34. Retention of over-subscriptions in debenture issues 35. Rights of holders of classes of shares 36. Rights of holders of shares 37. Rights of classes of members 38. Register of options 39. Qualifications of trustee for debenture holders 40. Retirement of trustees 41. Contents of trust deed 42. Obligations of borrowing corporation 43. Statement to be issued 44. Certain charges void against liquidator or official manager 45. Company to keep documents relating to charges and register of charges 46. Repeal of section 212 and substitution of new section— 212. Power of Court to rectify Register, & c. 47. Notice of address of registered office and office hours 48. Certain persons not to manage corporations 49. Provisions indemnifying officers or auditors 50. Statutory meeting and statutory report 51. Officer or other person failing to comply with requirement of this Part 52. Power to compromise with creditors and members 53. Provisions for facilitating reconstruction and amalgamation of corporations 54. Notification of appointment of receiver 55. Provisions as to information where receiver appointed 56. Repeal of section 329 and substitution of new section— 329. Receiver may require reports 57. Lodging of accounts of receivers 58. Powers of company to call meeting of creditors to appoint official manager 59. Report as to affairs of company to be submitted to meeting of creditors of company 60. Notice of appointment and address of official manager TABLE OF PROVISIONS-continued Section 61. Duties of official manager 62. Functions of committee of management and appointment of deputy official manager 63. Report as to company's affairs to be submitted to liquidator 64. Preliminary report by liquidator 65. Delegation to liquidator of certain powers of Court 66. Declaration of solvency 67. Meeting of creditors 68. Final meeting and dissolution 69. Disqualification of liquidators 70. Notice of appointment and address of liquidator 71. Unclaimed property to be paid to Minister 72. Disclaimer of onerous property 73. Application of Act to no liability companies 74. Unregistered foreign company not to establish place of business or carry on business in the Territory 75. Agents 76. Notice to be filed where documents, &c., altered 77. Publication of name, &c., of foreign company 78. Branch register of shares in foreign company 79. Insertion of new section— 530a. Address of registered office, principal office, &c. 80. Power to grant relief 81. Location of registers 82. Translations of instruments 83. Offences by officers of certain companies 84. Certain rights not affected 85. Court may disqualify person from acting as director, &c., in certain circumstances 86. Regulations 87. Other amendments PART VIII—COMPANIES (FEES) ACT 1981 88. Principal Act 89. Interpretation PART IX—COMPANIES (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1981 90. Principal Act 91. Acts of Minister under Companies Ordinance deemed to be acts of Ministerial Council or Commission, &c. 92. Existing prospectuses and section 82 statements 93. Registration of charges 94. Application of Companies Act to financial years ending before commencement of Act 95. Special investigations 96. Repeal of section 23 PART X—COMPANIES (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 1981 97. Principal Act 98. Repeal of Part IX 99. Schedule PART XI—AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS 100. Amendments of other Acts