Joint Stock Companies Winding-Up Act 1844

Joint Stock Companies Act 1844
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for facilitating the winding up the Affairs of Joint Stock Companies unable to meet their pecuniary Engagements.
Citation7 & 8 Vict. c. 111
Dates
Royal assent5 September 1844
Commencement1 November 1844
Other legislation
Repealed byJoint Stock Companies Act 1856
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Joint Stock Companies Winding-Up Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 111) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Section 1 enabled a company to be made bankrupt in the same way as an individual. The result was that remedies were available only against a company's property.