Companies (Colonial Registers) Act 1883
WHEREAS many companies registered under the Companies Act, 1862, carry on business in British colonies, and dealings in their shares are frequent in such colonies, but delay, inconvenience, and expense are occasioned by reason of the absence of any legal provision for keeping local registers of members, and it is expedient that such provisions as this Act contains be made in that behalf: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the L...