# Companies Act 1948, Section 408: Power of oversea company to hold lands.


Where an oversea company has delivered to the registrar of companies—
(a) in the case of a company to which subsection (1) of the last foregoing section applies, the documents and particulars therein .mentioned ;
(b) in the case of a company mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) of section three hundred and forty-four of the Companies Act, 1929, the documents and particulars specified in subsection (1) of that section;
(c) in the case of any other company, the documents and particulars specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of section two hundred and seventy-four of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, as amended by the Companies (Particulars as to Directors) Act, 1917;
it shall have the same power to hold lands in the United Kingdom as if it. were a company incorporated under this Act:
Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the power of a company to hold lands by virtue of registration in Northern Ireland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/38/section/408 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1948/section-408
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