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Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividends) Act, 1960 Section 3

Title: Regulation of Dividends on Preference Shares in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....the stipulated dividend in the cases refereed to in sub-section (1), or (ii) by eleven per cent of the stipulated dividend in the cases referred to in sub-section (3). (5) For the purposes of sub-section (1), sub-section (3) and sub-section (4), any reference therein to the stipulated dividend shall, in respect of a preference share issued and subscribed for on or before the 31st March, 1959, be construed as a reference to the stipulated dividend as on that day. (6) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that nay reference in this section and section 4A to deduction made form a dividend on account of income-tax payable by the company does not include nay amount deducted by the company from the dividend under Section 194 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961).

Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividends) Act, 1960 Complete Act

Title: Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividends) Act, 1960

State: Central

Year: 1960

Preamble1 - PREFERENCE SHARES (Regulation of Dividends) Act, 1960 Section1 - Short title and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Regulation of dividends on preference shares in certain cases Section4 - Special provisions in relation to companies where a portion of their income is not chargeable to income-tax Section4A - Deduction of income-tax Section5 - Overriding effect of Act Section6 - Act not to apply to participating preference dividends Section7 - Power to made rules ScheduleI - SCHEDULE

Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividends) Act, 1960 Preamble 1

Title: Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividends) Act, 1960

State: Central

Year: 1960

PREFERENCE SHARES (Regulation of Dividends) Act, 1960 [Act, No. 63 OF 1960] PREAMBLE An Act to regulate dividends on preference shares of certain companies. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: -

Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividends) Act, 1960 Section 6

Title: Act Not to Apply to Participating Preference Dividends

State: Central

Year: 1960

Nothing contained in section 3 or section 4 shall apply to such part of any dividend on preference shares as is referred to in clause (i) of the Explanation to sub-section (1) of section 85 of the Companies Act.

Companies Act, 2013, Section 195

Title: Prohibition on Insider Trading of Securities

State: Central

Year: 2013

.....any communication required in the ordinary course of business or profession or employment or under any law. Explanation.--For the purposes of this section,-- (a) "insider trading" means-- (i) an act of subscribing, buying, selling, dealing or agreeing to subscribe, buy, sell or deal in any securities by any director or key managerial personnel or any other officer of a company either as principal or agent if such director or key managerial personnel or any other officer of the company is reasonably expected to have access to any non-public price sensitive information in respect of securities of company; or (ii) an act of counselling about procuring or communicating directly or indirectly any non-public price-sensitive information to any person; (b) "price-sensitive information" means any information which relates, directly or indirectly, to a company and which if published is likely to materially affect the price of securities of the company. (2) If any person contravenes the provisions of this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or with fine which shall not be less than five lakh rupees but which may extend to.....

Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 Section 15G

Title: Penalty for Insider Trading

State: Central

Year: 1992

If any insider who,- (i) either on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, deals in securities of a body corporate listed on any stock exchange on the basis of any unpublished price sensitive information; or (ii) communicates any unpublished price sensitive information to any person, with or without his request for such information except as required in the ordinary course of business or under any law; or (iii) counsels, or procures for any other person to deal in any securities of any body corporate on the basis of unpublished price sensitive information, shall be liable to a penalty1 [of twenty-five crore rupees or three times the amount of profits made out of insider trading, whichever is higher]. ______________________ 1.Substituted by Act 59 of 2002, section 15, for "not exceeding five lakh rupees"(w.r.e.f. 29-10-2002).

Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 Chapter VA

Title: Prohibition of Manipulative and Deceptive Devices, Insider Trading and Substantial Acquisition of Securities or Control

State: Central

Year: 1992

1 [CHAPTER VA PROHIBITION OF MANIPULATIVE AND DECEPTIVE DEVICES, INSIDER TRADING AND SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITION OF SECURITIES OR CONTROL ______________________ 1.Inserted by by Act 59 of 2002, section 7(w.r.e.f. 29-10-2002).

Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 Section 12A

Title: Prohibition of Manipulative and Deceptive Devices, Insider Trading and Substantial Acquisition of Securities Orcontrol

State: Central

Year: 1992

.....made thereunder; (b) employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud in connection with issue or dealing in securities which are listed or proposed to be listed on a recognised stock exchange; (c) engage in any act, practice, course of business which operates or would operate as fraud or deceit upon any person, in connection with the issue, dealing in securities which are listed or proposed to be listed on a recognised stock exchange, in contravention of the provisions of this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder; (d) engage in insider trading; (e) deal in securities while in possession of material or non-public information or communicate such material or non-public information to any other person, in a manner which is in contravention of the provisions of this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder; (f) acquire control of any company or securities more than the percentage of equity share capital of a company whose securities are listed or proposed to be listed on a recognised stock exchange in contravention of the regulations made under this Act.]

Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividends) Act, 1960 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Companies Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act SECTION 03: REGULATION OF DIVIDENDS ON PREFERENCE SHARES IN CERTAIN CASES (1) Where the stipulated dividend in respect of a preference share of a company issued and subscribed for before the 1st April, 1960,- (a) is specified to be free of income-tax and no deduction is made therefrom on account of the income-tax payable by the company, or (b) was being paid before the 1st April, 1960, without any deduction there- from on account of the income-tax payable by the company, notwithstanding the absence of any specification that the dividend would be free of income-tax, every such share shall, as respects dividends declared after the commencement of this Act, carry a preferential right to be paid without any deduction aforesaid such amount as would exceed the stipulated dividend by thirty per cent thereof. (2) Where the stipulated dividend in respect of a preference share of a company issued and subscribed for after the 31st March, 1959, and before the 1st of April, 1960, is free of income-tax and the company, besides paying the.....

Companies Act, 2013, Section 55

Title: Issue and Redemption of Preference Shares

State: Central

Year: 2013

.....in respect of the unredeemed preference shares, and on the issue of such further redeemable preference shares, the unredeemed preference shares shall be deemed to have been redeemed: Provided that the Tribunal shall, while giving approval under this sub-section, order the redemption forthwith of preference shares held by such persons who have not consented to the issue of further redeemable preference shares. Explanation.--For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the issue of further redeemable preference shares or the redemption of preference shares under this section shall not be deemed to be an increase or, as the case may be, a reduction, in the share capital of the company. (4) The capital redemption reserve account may, notwithstanding anything in this section, be applied by the company, in paying up unissued shares of the company to be issued to members of the company as fully paid bonus shares. Explanation.--For the purposes of sub-section (2), the term "infrastructure projects" means the infrastructure projects specified in Schedule VI.