Companies Act 1947

Long titleAn Act to amend the law relating to companies and unit trusts and to dealing in securities, and in connection therewith to amend the law of bankruptcy and the law relating to the registration of business names.

Citation10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 47

Territorial extentUnited Kingdom

Royal assent6 August 1947

Companies Act 1947^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the law relating to companies and unit trusts and to dealing in securities, and in connection therewith to amend the law of bankruptcy and the law relating to the registration of business names.
Citation	10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 47
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	6 August 1947
Commencement	1 July 1948[b]
Other legislation
Amends	Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1913 Bankruptcy Act 1914 Registration of Business Names Act 1916 Companies Act 1929
Amended by	Companies Act 1948 Statute Law Revision Act 1950 Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1958 Companies Act 1981 Insolvency Act 1985 Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 Insolvency Act 1986
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Companies Act 1947 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Companies Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 47) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that updated UK company law after the Companies Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 23).

It covered issues such as winding-up and bankruptcy.^[1]

It was soon recodified in the Companies Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 38).^[2]