Companies Act, 1956

Section - 85 - Two kinds of share capital

Kinds of share capital

Two kinds of share capital.

85.     (1) "Preference share capital" means, with reference to any company limited by shares, whether formed before or after the commencement of this Act, that part of the share capital of the company which fulfils both the following requirements, namely :—

         (a)  that as respects dividends, it carries or will carry a preferential right to be paid a fixed amount or an amount calcu­lated at a fixed rate, which may be either free of or subject to income-tax; and

         (b)  that as respect capital, it carries or will carry, on a winding up or repayment of capital, a preferential right to be repaid the amount of the capital paid-up or deemed to have been paid-up, whether or not there is a preferential right to the payment of either or both of the following amounts, namely :—

      (i)  any money remaining unpaid, in respect of the amounts specified in clause (a), up .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store