Category: Nigeria CAMA 2020


  • Section 149 CAMA 2020 Section 149 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Authority to allot shares. It is under Allotment of Shares of Chapter 8 of PART B (Incorporation of Companies and Incidental Matters) of the Act. Authority to allot shares (1) The power to allot shares is vested in the company, and, in…

  • Section 148 CAMA 2020 Section 148 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Validation of improperly issued shares. It is under Issue Of Shares of Chapter 8 of PART B (Incorporation of Companies and Incidental Matters) of the Act. Validation of improperly issued shares (1) Where a company has purported to issue or allot shares…

  • Section 147 CAMA 2020 Section 147 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Issue of redeemable preference shares. It is under Issue Of Shares of Chapter 8 of PART B (Incorporation of Companies and Incidental Matters) of the Act. Issue of redeemable preference shares (1) No company limited by shares shall, after the commencement of…

  • Section 146 CAMA 2020 Section 146 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Issue of shares at a discount. It is under Issue Of Shares of Chapter 8 of PART B (Incorporation of Companies and Incidental Matters) of the Act. Issue of shares at a discount It is unlawful for a company to issue shares…

  • Section 145 CAMA 2020 Section 145 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Issue of shares at a premium. It is under Issue Of Shares of Chapter 8 of PART B (Incorporation of Companies and Incidental Matters) of the Act. Issue of shares at a premium (1) Shares of a company may be issued at…

  • Section 144 CAMA 2020 Section 144 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Issue with rights attached. It is under Issue Of Shares of Chapter 8 of PART B (Incorporation of Companies and Incidental Matters) of the Act. Issue with rights attached Without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of existing…

  • Section 143 CAMA 2020 Section 143 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Issue of classes of shares. It is under Issue Of Shares of Chapter 8 of PART B (Incorporation of Companies and Incidental Matters) of the Act. Issue of classes of shares (1) A company may, where so authorised by its articles, issue…

  • Section 142 CAMA 2020 Section 142 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Pre-emptive rights of existing shareholders. It is under Issue Of Shares of Chapter 8 of PART B (Incorporation of Companies and Incidental Matters) of the Act. Pre-emptive rights of existing shareholders (1) A company shall not in any event allot newly issued…

  • Section 141 CAMA 2020 Section 141 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Power of companies to issue shares. It is under Issue Of Shares of Chapter 8 of PART B (Incorporation of Companies and Incidental Matters) of the Act. Power of companies to issue shares Subject to any limitation in the articles of a…

  • Section 140 CAMA 2020 Section 140 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Prohibition of non-voting and weighted shares. It is under Chapter 8 (Shares and Nature of Shares) of PART B (Incorporation of Companies and Incidental Matters) of the Act. Prohibition of non-voting and weighted shares (1) Unless otherwise provided by any other enactment,…