CS
445 Points
Joined February 2009
Dear Pankaj,
The unclaimed divided has to be kept in the bank account for 7 yrs. from the opening of unclaimed div. a/c.
As a practice, it is the duty of the co. to keep reminding the members to claim the dividend lying as unclaimed.
it should be trasferred to the investor edu. and protection fund of C.G., at the end of the seven yrs.from transfer of funds to the unclaimed div. account. i.e. 30+7 =37 days from the dt. of AGM in which it was declared.
e.g. if the AGM is held on 30th July of a yr. then within 5 days the co. need to fund the account i.e. by 4th august ( assuming all r working days) there after the co. has to pay the div. in 30 days, from the dt. of AGM. The co. need to transfer the balance fund in the next 7 days to a new a/c called unclaimed dividend a/c of..........
This a/c shall be kept as such for seven yrs. from the dt.of such trf. Any valid claim from investor need to be paid there from till reaching the dt. of end of 7 yrs. Within 30 days of completion of 7 yrs, the amt. need to be transferred to the said a/c of C.G. thru prescribed form of MCA.