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Modern Company Law in Malaysia (eBook)

This text has a comprehensive coverage of the major changes introduced by the new Companies Act 2016, including the following: no par value share system; one-person companies; unlimited capacity; optional constitution; optional objects clause; general abolition of the ‘constructive notice’ doctrine; new provisions on share buy-backs and reduction of capital; the re-vamping of insolvency laws; and the corporate rescue mechanism. Also considered are the new Malaysian Code on Take-overs and Mergers 2016 and the derivatives regime.
by Krishnan Arjunan (Author)
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Published: 08 July, 2019
ISBN/ISSN: 9789674008529

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This text has a comprehensive coverage of the major changes introduced by the new Companies Act 2016, including the following: no par value share system; one-person companies; unlimited capacity; optional constitution; optional objects clause; general abolition of the ‘constructive notice’ doctrine; new provisions on share buy-backs and reduction of capital; the re-vamping of insolvency laws; and the corporate rescue mechanism. Also considered are the new Malaysian Code on Take-overs and Mergers 2016 and the derivatives regime. Apart from local cases, the text discusses cases from diverse jurisdictions such as Singapore, England, Australia and New Zealand. A salient feature of the text is that it draws liberally and sets out excerpts from some of the more important judgments under consideration so as to enable the reader to appreciate the thought processes of the judiciary.
 

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Krishnan Arjunan

Krishnan Arjunan

Krishnan Arjunan was formerly an Adjunct Professor of Business Law at the School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Prior to that he was an Associate Professor of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Queensland where he was Sub-Dean at the Department of Commerce. He was a legal practitioner in Malaysia for over a decade and was a former Director of the Certificate in Legal Practice Course (CLP) when he was concurrently Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya. He is the author of several other texts in law and has published widely in business law areas

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Table of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
 Chapter 2: Incorporation of Companies
 Chapter 3: Classification of Companies
 Chapter 4: Pre-incorporation Contracts
 Chapter 5: Constitution
 Chapter 6: Prospectuses
 Chapter 7: Share Capital
 Chapter 8: Directors and Other Officers
 Chapter 9: Membership
 Chapter 10: Dividends
 Chapter 11: Meetings
 Chapter 13: Accounts and Audits
 Chapter 13: Majority Control and Minority Interests
 Chapter 14: Debentures and Charges
 Chapter 15: Arrangements and Reconstructions
 Chapter 16: Receivership
 Chapter 17: Corporate Rescue Mechanism
 Chapter 18: Companies Winding-up
 Chapter 19: Liquidators
 Chapter 20: Take-Overs and Mergers
 Chapter 21: The Securities and Derivatives Regime
 

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