Companies Act 1862

Companies Act 1862
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for the Incorporation, Regulation, and Winding up of Trading Companies and other Associations.
Citation	25 & 26 Vict. c. 89
Dates
Royal assent	7 August 1862
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Joint Stock Companies Act 1844; Joint Stock Companies Winding-Up Act 1844; Joint Stock Companies (Ireland) Act 1845; Railway Companies Dissolution Act 1846; Joint Stock Banks (Scotland and Ireland) Act 1846; Joint Stock Companies Act 1847; Joint Stock Companies Act 1848; Joint Stock Companies Act 1849; Joint Stock Companies Act 1856; Joint Stock Companies Act 1857; Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Amendment Act 1857; Joint Stock Companies Act Amendment Act 1857; Joint Stock Companies Amendment Act 1858; Joint Stock Banks Act 1858;

The Companies Act 1862^[1] (25 & 26 Vict. c. 89) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom regulating UK company law, whose descendant is the Companies Act 2006.