Lawgist16No compensation for cancellation of spurious shares
(1) No holder of a document purporting to be a share shall be entitled to claim either from the Central Government or from the old or new company any damages for the cancellation of such document by virtue of the provisions of section 15.
(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), every person who had acquired a document, purporting to be a share, bona fide for value without notice of the fact that it did not represent any contribution to the capital of the old company, shall be entitled to claim reimbursement from the person from whom such document was acquired by him, and, the period of limitation for any action for such reimbursement shall be deemed to commence on the date on which the document held by him as a share stands cancelled under section 15.
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- 1 Short title
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Undertaking of the old company to vest in the Central Government
- 4 General effect of meeting
- 5 Duty to deliver possession of property acquired and documents relating thereto
- 6 Duty to furnish particulars
- 7 Transfer of employees of the old company
- 8 Payment of amount
- 9 Formation and registration of a new company
- 10 Management of the old company
- 11 Custodian to be public servant
- 12 Vacation of office by directors, etc., of the old company
- 13 Constitution of a Tribunal
- 14 Tribunal to call upon persons to make claims
- 15 Determination of genuine shares
- 16 No compensation for cancellation of spurious shares
- 17 Power of Tribunal to entertain and dispose of claims for reimbursement
- 18 Suits and legal proceedings, not to be commenced or proceeded with
- 19 Decision of the Tribunal to be final
- 20 Custodian to reconstruct register of members of the old company
- 21 Custodian to issue fresh share certificates
- 22 No annual general meeting of the old company to be held before the reconstruction of the register of members
- 23 Custodian to file accounts until reconstruction of the register of members of the old company
- 24 Penalties
- 25 Offences by companies
- 26 Offences to be triable by a Magistrate of the first class and not to be compoundable
- 27 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 28 Contracts, etc., in bad faith may be cancelled or varied
- 29 Power to terminate contract of employment
- 30 Power to remove difficulty
- 31 Power to make rules
