Companies Act, 1956
Sec 319 - Payment to director, etc., for loss of
office, etc., in connection with transfer of undertaking or property.
(1) No director of a company shall, in
connection with the transfer of the whole or any part of any undertaking or
property of the company, receive any payment, by way of compensation for loss
of office, or as consideration for retirement from office, or in connection
with such loss or retirement
(a) from such company; or
(b) from the transferee of such undertaking or
property or from any other person (not being such company), unless particulars
with respect to the payment proposed to be made by such transferee or person
(including the amount thereof) have been disclosed to the members of the
company and the proposal has been approved by the company in general meeting.
(2) Where a director of a company receives
payment of any amount in contravention of sub-section (1), the amount shall be
deemed to have been received by him in trust for the company.
(3) Sub-sections (1) and (2) shall not affect
in any manner the operation of section 318.