{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-consolidation-act-1908/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-consolidation-act-1908/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/8/69",
  "legislation_title": "Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-consolidation-act-1908",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Memorandum of unlimited company.",
  "text": "In the case of an unlimited company—\n(1) The memorandum must state—\n(i) The name of the company;\n(ii) The part of the United Kingdom, whether England, Scotland, or Ireland, in which the registered office of the company is to be situate ;\n(iii) The objects of the company.\n(2) If the company has a share capital—\n(i) No subscriber of the memorandum may take less than one share ;\n(ii) Each subscriber must write opposite to his name the number of shares he takes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/69/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:20:55.325260+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}