Companies Act, 1956
Sec 206A - Right to
dividend, rights shares, and bonus shares to be held in abeyance pending
registration of transfer of shares.
Where any instrument of transfer of shares has been delivered to
any company for registration and the transfer of such shares has not been
registered by the company, it shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any
other provision of this Act,
(a) transfer the dividend in relation to such
shares to the special account referred to in section 205A unless the company is
authorized by the registered holder of such share in writing to pay such
dividend to the transferee specified in such instrument of transfer ; and
(b) keep in abeyance in relation to such
shares any offer of rights shares under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section
81 and any issue of fully paid-up bonus shares in pursuance of sub-section (3)
of section 205.