6.
Claim for payment.- (1) Any person applying to the
Central Government under section 205B of the Act shall make
such application in Form II, to the Registrar of Companies
concerned under his own signature or through a person holding
a power of attorney.
(2) On receipt of the application referred
to in sub-rule (1), the Registrar of Companies concerned shall
verify from his records and certify whether the claimant is
entitled to the money claimed by him.
(3) Where the claimant's title to the aforesaid
money has been established to the satisfaction of the Registrar
of Companies, the Registrar of Companies may direct the claimant
(not being the Central Government, a State Government, a Government
company within the meaning of section 617 of the Act or a
public financial institution within the meaning of section
4A of the Act or a local authority) to execute an indemnity
bond with or without surety in Form III, or as near thereto
as may be, on a non-judicial stamp paper of the value payable
in the state of execution.
(4) On receipt of the indemnity bond, if
any duly executed by the claimant, the Registrar of Companies
shall issue a payment order in Part B of Form II sanctioning
the payment of the amount due to the claimant giving directions
to the Pay and Accounts Officer of the Department of Company
Affairs to issue a cheque in favour of the claimant and the
pay and Accounts Officer shall draw the cheque accordingly
and send it to the Registrar of Companies.
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Folio in register ledger containing particulars |
Name of the member to whom the amount of dividend
is due (to be given in alphabetical order) |
Last known address of the person(s) entitled
to receive the amount |
No. of shares heldParticulars of
dividends |
Particulars of dividends |
Amount due |
Interest thereon, if any |
Total amount due unpaid as per the company’s
unpaid dividend account in _____ (Name of the Scheduled
Bank) and the date of payment into the Punjab National
Bank |
Details of payment (Entries to be
made by Registrar as and when payment is made by him |
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Preference |
Date of declaration |
Date of transfer to Unpaid Dividend Account |
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(5) Notwithstanding anything contained
in sub-rules (3) and (4), the Registrar of Companies may,
where the amount claimed is not more than two thousand five
hundred rupees and the claimant established his title to the
money claimed to his satisfaction, issue an order sanctioning
the payment of the amount due to the claimant without production
of the indemnity bond referred to sub-rule(4).
(6) The claimant shall deliver to the Registrar
of Companies a stamped pre-receipt bearing his signature and
signatures of two witnesses with his application in Form II.
(7) The Registrar of Companies shall, in
the accounts maintained by him cause a note to be made of
all payments made under sub-rule (6).
(8) The amounts paid to the claimants under
this rule shall be classified in the accounts as "Deduct Refunds"
under "068 - Miscellaneous General Services - Unpaid Dividends
of Companies." |
