Section 27 - Form of constitution

(1) An unlimited company may have a registered constitution and the form of the constitution shall be in accordance with the form set out in the

(a) Second Schedule, if a private company unlimited by shares, or

(b) Third Schedule, if a public company unlimited by shares, or as near to those with the necessary modifications, but with a statement that the liability of the members is unlimited.

(2) The registered constitution of a company may adopt any of the provisions of the appropriate Schedule and subject to subsection (3), in so far as the constitution does not exclude or modify those provisions they shall, so far as applicable, be part of the registered constitution of the company.

(3) The registered constitution of every company shall contain the matters set out in

(a) subsection (1) of section 26, and

(b) paragraphs

(i) 3 and 12 of the Second Schedule in the case of a private company,

(ii) 1 and 2 of the Third Schedule in the case of a public company, and

(iii) 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Fourth Schedule in the case of a company limited by guarantee.

(4) The registered constitution shall be printed, type written, handwritten or be in any other legible form acceptable to the Registrar.