Companies Act · s 123

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123.
Contents of balance sheet
(1) Every balance sheet of a company shall contain a summary of the authorised share capital and of the issued share capital of the company, its liabilities and its assets, together with such particulars as are necessary to disclose the general nature of the liabilities and the assets of the company and to distinguish between the amounts respectively of the fixed assets and of the floating assets, and shall state how the values of the fixed assets have been arrived at.

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(2) There shall be stated under separate headings in the balance sheet, so far as they are not written off -
(a) the preliminary expenses of the company;
(b) any expenses incurred in connection with any issue of share capital or debentures; and
(c)
if it is shown as a separate item in or is otherwise ascertainable from the books of the company, or from any contract for the sale or purchase of any property to be acquired by the company, or fiom any documents in the possession of the company relating to the stamp duty payable in respect of any such contract or the conveyance of any such property, the amount of the goodwill and of any patents and trade marks as so shown or ascertained.
(3) Where any liability of the company is secured otherwise than by operation of law on any assets of the company, the balance sheet shall include a statement that liability is so secured, but it shall not be necessary to specify in the balance sheet the assets on which the liability is secured.
(4) The provisions of this section are in addition to other provisions of this Act requiring other matters to be stated in balance sheets.

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s 123Contents of balance sheet

(1)

Every balance sheet of a company shall contain a summary of the authorised share capital and of the issued share capital of the company, its liabilities and its assets, together with such particulars as are necessary to disclose the general nature of the liabilities and the assets of the company and to distinguish between the amounts respectively of the fixed assets and of the floating assets, and shall state how the values of the fixed assets have been arrived at.

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(2)

There shall be stated under separate headings in the balance sheet, so far as they are not written off -

(a)

the preliminary expenses of the company;

(b)

any expenses incurred in connection with any issue of share capital or debentures; and

(c)

if it is shown as a separate item in or is otherwise ascertainable from the books of the company, or from any contract for the sale or purchase of any property to be acquired by the company, or fiom any documents in the possession of the company relating to the stamp duty payable in respect of any such contract or the conveyance of any such property, the amount of the goodwill and of any patents and trade marks as so shown or ascertained.

(3)

Where any liability of the company is secured otherwise than by operation of law on any assets of the company, the balance sheet shall include a statement that liability is so secured, but it shall not be necessary to specify in the balance sheet the assets on which the liability is secured.

(4)

The provisions of this section are in addition to other provisions of this Act requiring other matters to be stated in balance sheets.