Companies Act, 1956
Sec 100 - Special
resolution for reduction of share capital.
(1) Subject to confirmation by the Court, a
company limited by shares or a company limited by guarantee and
having a share capital, may, if so authorized by its articles, by special
resolution, reduce its share capital in any way ; and in particular and without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, may
(a) extinguish or reduce the liability on any
of its shares in respect of share capital not paid-up ;
(b) either with or without extinguishing or
reducing liability on any of its shares, cancel any paid-up share capital which
is lost, or is unrepresented by available assets ; or
(c) either with or without extinguishing or
reducing liability on any of its shares, pay of any paid-up share capital which
is in excess of the wants of the company ;
and may, if and so far as is necessary, alter
its memorandum by reducing the amount of its share capital and of its shares
accordingly.
(2) A special resolution under this section is
in this Act referred to as " a resolution for reducing share capital
".