Public Companies Act 1767

The Public Companies Act 1767 (7 Geo. 3. c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that prohibited shareholders voting in public companies, unless they had held shares for six months. It was intended to stop vote splitting, so as to retain greater equality among members of companies.

Provisions

Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1964, which came into force on 31 July 1964.