Companies Act, 1956
Sec 109B - Transfer by
legal representative.
(1) Any person who becomes a nominee by virtue
of the provisions of section 109A, upon the production of such evidence as may
be required by the Board and subject as hereinafter provided, elect, either -
(a) to be registered himself as holder of the
share or debenture, as the case may be ; or
(b) to make such transfer of the share or
debenture , as the case may be, as the deceased shareholder or debenture
holder, as the cas3e may be, could have made.
(2) If the person being a nominee, so becoming
entitled, elects to be registered as holder of the share or debenture, himself,
as the case may be, he shall deliver or send to the company a notice in writing
signed by him stating that he so elects and such notice shall be accompanied
with the death certificate of the deceased shareholder or debenture holder, as
the case may be.
(3) All the limitations, restrictions and
provisions of this Act relating to the right to transfer and the registration
of transfers of shares or debentures shall be applicable to any such notice or
transfer as aforesaid as if the death of the member had not occurred and the
notice or transfer were a transfer signed by that shareholder or debenture
holder, as the case may be.
(4) A person, being a nominee, becoming
entitled to a hare or debenture by reason of the death of the holder shall be
entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be
entitled if he were the registered holder of the share or debenture except that
he shall not, before being registered a member in respect of his share or
debenture, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by
membership in relation to meetings of the company :
Provided that the Board may, at any time , give
notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to
transfer the share or debenture, and if the notice is not compiled with within
ninety days, the Board may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends,
bonuses or other moneys payable in respect of the share or debenture, until the
requirements of the notice have been compiled with.