Companies Act, 2013

Subsidiary company not to hold shares in its holding company.

19. (1) No company shall, either by itself or through its nominees, hold any shares in its holding company and no holding company shall allot or transfer its shares to any of its subsidiary companies and any such allotment or transfer of shares of a company to its subsidiary company shall be void:

Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to a case-

(a)	-	where the subsidiary company holds such shares as the legal representative of a deceased member of the holding company; or
(b)	-	where the subsidiary company holds such shares as a trustee; or
(c)	-	where the subsidiary company is a shareholder even before it became a subsidiary company of the holding company:

Provided further that the subsidiary company referred to in the preceding proviso shall have a right to vote at a meeting of the holding company .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store