Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1958
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act, 1939, section one hundred and seventeen of the Companies Act, 1947, and so much of the Companies Act, 1948, as relates to the enactments aforesaid.
Citation6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 45
Territorial extent[b]
Royal assent23 July 1958
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act, 1939, section one hundred and seventeen of the Companies Act, 1947, and so much of the Companies Act, 1948, as relates to the enactments aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 45 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 23 July 1958 |
| Commencement | 23 October 1958[c] |
| Repealed | 29 April 1988 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repealed by | Financial Services Act 1986 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 45) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the prevention of fraud in investments in Great Britain.[1]
Repealed enactments
Section 28(1) of the act repealed 3 enactments, listed in the second schedule to the act.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 16 | Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1939 | The whole act. |
| 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 47 | Companies Act 1947 | Section one hundred and seventeen. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 38 | Companies Act 1948 | In section four hundred and fifty-six, the words "sections two and thirteen of the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act, 1939" and the words "and one hundred and seventeen"; in the Sixteenth Schedule, paragraphs 2, 3 and 6. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 212(3) of, and part I of schedule 17 to, the Financial Services Act 1986, which came into force on 29 April 1988.[3]