214. When secured creditor can vote.- (1) For the purposes of voting at a meeting, in a winding-up by the Court, a secured creditor shall, unless he surrenders his security, state in his proof the particulars of his security, the date when it was given and the value at which he assesses it, and shall be entitled to vote only in respect of' the balance due to him, if any, after deducting the value of his security. (2) For the purposes of voting at any voluntary liquidation meetings, a secured creditor shall, unless he surrenders his security, lodge with the liquidator, or where there is no liquidator, at the registered office of the company, before the meeting, a statement giving the particulars of his security, the date when it was given and the value at which he assesses it, and shall be entitled to vote only in respect of the balance due to him, if any, after deducting the value of his security. | 