Dealing with corporate defaulters: curbing the unfettered exercise of criminal law

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dc.contributor.authorDavis, Dennis M
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-26T06:15:08Z
dc.date.available2016-01-26T06:15:08Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.updated2016-01-19T10:00:03Z
dc.description.abstractThe 1973 Companies Act used the criminal law extensively to enforce numerous provisions of the Act. This process of criminalisation proved ineffective and many provisions of the Act were honoured in the breach rather than the compliance. The drafters of the 2008 Act, following comparative precedent, sought to decriminalise the enforcement mechanisms contained in the Act by introducing a complaint procedure to be investigated by a newly created Companies Commission or the Takeover Panel, as well as introducing compliance notices. This paper examines the international trend to remove criminal sanctions from company law and to introduce alternative means of enforcement. It then proceeds to evaluate the new measures contained in the 2008 Act.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDavis, D. M. (2010). Dealing with corporate defaulters: curbing the unfettered exercise of criminal law. <i>Acta Juridica</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16542en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDavis, Dennis M "Dealing with corporate defaulters: curbing the unfettered exercise of criminal law." <i>Acta Juridica</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16542en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDavis, D. M. (2010). Dealing with Corporate Defaulters: Curbing the Unfettered Exercise of Criminal Law. Acta Juridica, 411.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0065-1346en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Davis, Dennis M AB - The 1973 Companies Act used the criminal law extensively to enforce numerous provisions of the Act. This process of criminalisation proved ineffective and many provisions of the Act were honoured in the breach rather than the compliance. The drafters of the 2008 Act, following comparative precedent, sought to decriminalise the enforcement mechanisms contained in the Act by introducing a complaint procedure to be investigated by a newly created Companies Commission or the Takeover Panel, as well as introducing compliance notices. This paper examines the international trend to remove criminal sanctions from company law and to introduce alternative means of enforcement. It then proceeds to evaluate the new measures contained in the 2008 Act. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Acta Juridica LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 SM - 0065-1346 T1 - Dealing with corporate defaulters: curbing the unfettered exercise of criminal law TI - Dealing with corporate defaulters: curbing the unfettered exercise of criminal law UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16542 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16542
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDavis DM. Dealing with corporate defaulters: curbing the unfettered exercise of criminal law. Acta Juridica. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16542.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherJuta Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Commercial Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceActa Juridicaen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/ju_jur
dc.titleDealing with corporate defaulters: curbing the unfettered exercise of criminal lawen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordscorporate defaultersen_ZA
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