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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 ".









  

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