Companies Act, 1862

Memorandum of association of a company limited by shares.

8. Where a company is formed on the principle of having the liability of its members limited to the amount unpaid on their shares, herein-after referred to as a company limited by shares, the memorandum of association shall contain the following things; (that is to say,)

(1.) The name of the proposed company, with the addition of the word “limited” as the last word in such name:

(2.) The part of the United Kingdom, whether England, Scotland, or Ireland, in which the registered office of the company is proposed to be situate:

(3.) The objects for which the proposed company is to be established:

(4.) A declaration that the liability of the members is limited:

(5.) The amount of capital with which the company proposes to be registered divided into shares of a certain fixed amount:

Subject to the following regulations:

(1.) That no subscriber shall take less than one share:

(2.) That each subscriber of the memorandum of association shall write opposite to his name the number of shares he takes.