COMPANIES ACT, 1929 
575 
(3) the memorandum and articles of association of a company 
limited by guarantee and having a share capital; 
the memorandum and articles of association of an unlimited 
company having a share capital; 
shall be respectively in accordance with the forms set out in Tables 
B., C., D. and E. in the First Schedule to this Act, or as near thereto 
as circumstances admit. 
Registration. 
12. The memorandum and the articles, if any, shall be delivered Registration of 
to the registrar of companies for England or the registrar of com- Jerorandum 
panies for Scotland according as the registered office of the company 
is stated by the memorandum to be situate in England or Scotland 
and the registrar shall retain and register them. 
13.—(1) On the registration of the memorandum of a company Effect of 
the registrar shall certify under his hand that the company is in- stration. 
corporated and, in the case of a limited companv, that the company 
is limited. 
(2) From the date of incorporation mentioned in the certificate 
of incorporation, the subscribers of the memorandum, together 
with such other persons as may from time to time become members 
of the company, shall be a body corporate by the name contained 
in the memorandum, capable forthwith of exercising all the functions 
of an incorporated company, and having perpetual succession and 
a common seal, but with such liability on the part of the members 
to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of its being 
wound up as is mentioned in this Act 
14.—(1) A company incorporated under this Act shall have 
power to hold lands, and as regards lands in any part of the United 
Kingdom without licence in mortmain: 
Provided that a company formed for the purpose of promoting 
art, science, religion, charity or any other like object not involving 
the acquisition of gain by the company or by its individual members, 
shall not, without the licence of the Board of Trade, hold more than 
two acres of land, but the Board may by licence empower any 
such company to hold lands in such quantity, and subject to such 
conditions, as the Board think fit. 
(2) A licence given by the Board of Trade under this section 
shall be in accordance with the form set out in the Second Sched! 
to this Act. or as near thereto as circumstances admit. 
Power of 
company to 
hold lands. 
15.—(1) A certificate of incorporation given by the registrar Conclusiveness 
in respect of any association shall be conclusive evidence that all of certificate of 
the requirements of this Act in respect of registration and of matters 
precedent and incidental thereto have been complied with, and 
that the association is a company authorised to be registered and 
duly registered under this Act. 
(2) A statutory declaration by a solicitor of the Supreme 
Court. and in Scotland bv an enrolled law agent. engaged in the