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751 Points
Joined May 2009
You have rightly said it is subject to determination under Section 309 but upto my understanding this can be determined uder 309 if Company s having adequate profit but if Company is not having adequate profit or no profit then it will go with Sch XIII and in that case Section 198 will be read as follows:-
198 [(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) to (3), but subject to the provisions of section 269, read with Schedule XIII, if, in any financial year, a company has no profits or its profits are inadequate, the company shall not pay to its directors, including any managing or wholetime director or manager, by way of remuneration any sum [exclusive of any fees payable to directors under sub-section (2) of section 309], except with the previous approval of the Central Government.3]
Schedule XII
PART II
Remuneration
Section I.—Remuneration payable by companies having profits
Subject to the provisions of section 198 and section 309, a company having profits in a financial year may pay any remuneration, by way of salary, dearness allowance, perquisites, commission and other allowances, which shall not exceed five per cent of its net profits for one such managerial person, and if there is more than one such managerial person, ten per cent for all of them together.
Section II.—Remuneration payable by companies having no profits or inadequate profits
2[1. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Part, where in any financial year during the currency of tenure of the managerial person, a company has no profits or its profits are inadequate, it may pay remuneration to a managerial person by way of salary, dearness allowance, perquisites and any other allowances,—
By reading all the highlighted contents in consonance, it can be drawn that if remuneration is payable under Sch. XIII Part II then it shall have overriding effect on Section 198 and 309.
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