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Association, Articles of, (see Companies Act, 1929, ss. 6, 11 and 380). This is the formal contract of the members of a company with each other and with the company embodying its regulations for the conduct of the company and its affairs according to its constitution under the Memorandum of Association. In case of conflict the Memorandum is to prevail, Ashbury Railway Carriage Co. v. Riche, (1875) 7 HL 653. The Articles may be altered or added to by special resolution, Companies Act, 1929, s. 10, but not so as to increase a member's liability without his consent in writing to take more shares than subscribed for by him, or to contribute to the share capital, or to pay money to the company, s. 22. Every member is entitled to a copy of the Memorandum and Articles of the company on payment of one shilling or smaller agreed sum. The Memorandum and Articles must be delivered to and retained and registered by the Registrar of Companies, s. 12, and when registered they bind the company and it...
Articles of Association
Articles of Association. See ASSOCIATION, ARTICLES OF....
Association, Memorandum of
Association, Memorandum of. A statement in writing to be stamped as if it were a deed, bearing the attested signatures of not less than seven persons or, if it is a private company, of not less than two persons, each taking at least one share in the company which is the subject of the memorandum, Companies Act, 1929, ss. 1 and 2.The memorandum defines the nature and objects of the company. It constitutes the charter of the company and is incapable of alteration, Ashbury Railway & Co. v. Riche, (1875) LR 7 HL 653, except under the special provisions of the Act of 1929 (see s. 4). In particular the objects may not be altered unless the alteration has been confirmed by the Court (s. 5), and see ss. 19, 49, 50, 53, 55, 147 and 153, and ASSOCIATION, Articles OF. Consult Palmer's Company Law or Hemmant's Company Law....
articles of association
articles of association 1 : the instrument under which an association is organized 2 : articles of incorporation ...
Personal effects
Personal effects, generally include such tangible property as is worn or carried about the person, or to designate articles associated with the person. Personal effects are used to designate articles associated with person, as property having more or less intimate relation to person of possessor, or such tangible property as attends the person, Words and Phrases, Permanent Edn., Vol. 31, p. 277.In the unabridged edition of the Random House Dictionary of the English Language, at page 1075, the expression is given the following meaning: Personal effects, privately owned articles consisting chiefly of clothing, toilet items, etc., for intimate use by an individual. In Black's Law Dictionary, Fourth Edition, at page 1301, the expression is assigned the following meaning: Personal effects, articles associated with person, as property having more or less intimate relation to person of possessor. In Cyclopedic Law Dictionary, Third Edition, at page 832, the expression 'personal effects' witho...
Tables
Tables, under the Companies Act, 1929, First Schedule:-A. The model form of Articles of Association for a company limited by shares. See ASSOCIATION, and ss. 8, 115, 333, 379 and 380.B. The model form of a Memorandum of Association of a company limited by shares. See ASSOCIATION, and ss. 11 and 379.C. The model form of Memorandum and Articles of Association of a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. See COMPANY, and ss. 11 and 379.D. The same of a company limited by guarantee and having a share capital (ss. 11 and 379)....
Share
Share, a share is not a sum of money; it represents an interest measured by a sum of money and made up of diverse rights contained in the contract evidenced by the articles of association of the Company, I.T. Commissioner v. Standard Vacuum Oil Co. Ltd., AIR 1966 SC 1393 (1397). [Business Profits Act, 1947, Schedule II, R. 2(1)]Share, is not a sum of money, it represents an interest measured by a sum of money and make up of diverse rights contained in the contract, evidenced by the articles of association of the company, C.I.T. v. Standard Vaccum Oil Co., AIR 1966 SC 1393: (1966) 2 SCR 367: (1966) 1 SCJ 401: (1966) 59 ITR 685: (1966) 1 LT 327: (1966) 1 Com LJ 187....
Unless the articles of the company otherwise provide
Unless the articles of the company otherwise provide, the effect of these words 'unless the articles of the company otherwise provide' is to subordinate the provisions of clause (c) to the provisions of the articles of association of the company. In other words, the provision that the offer of further shares shall be deemed to include the right of renunciation in favour of any other person will not apply if the articles of the company 'otherwise provide', Needle Industries (India) Ltd. v. Needle Industries Newey (India) Holdings Ltd., AIR 1981 SC 1298: (1981) 3 SCC 333: (1983) 3 SCR 698....
Personal use
Personal use, means a close scrutiny of the context in which the expression occurs shows that only those effects can legitimately be said to be personal which pertain to the assessee's person; in other words, an intimate connection between the effects and the person of the assessee must be shown to exist to render the 'personal effects'. The enumera-tion of articles like wearing apparel, jewellery and furniture, mentioned by way of illustrations in the above definition of 'personal effects', also shows that the legislature intended only those articles to be included in the definition which were intimately and commonly used the assessee, Random House Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged Edn., p. 1075.Means article associated with person as property having more or less intimate relation to person of possessor, Black's Law Dictionary, 4th Edn., p. 1301....
Sati
Sati, means the act of burning or burying alive of--(i) any widow along with the body of her deceased husband or any other relative or with any article, object or thing associated with the husband or such relative; or(ii) any woman along with the body of any of her relatives, irrespective of whether such burning or burying is claimed to be voluntary on the part of the widow or the woman or otherwise. [Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987, s. 2(1)(c)]...
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