Companies Act, 1956
Sec 469 - Payment of debts due by contributory and extent
of set-off.
(1) The Court may, at any time after making a
winding up order, make an order on any contributory for the time being on the
list of contributories to pay, in the manner directed by the order, any money
due to the company, from him or from the estate of the person whom he
represents, exclusive of any money payable by him or the estate by virtue of
any call in pursuance of this Act.
(2) The Court, in making such an order, may :-
(a) in the case of an unlimited company, allow
to the contributory, by way of set-off, any money due to him or to the estate
which he represents, from the company, on any independent dealing or contract
with the company, but not any money due to him as a member of the company in
respect of any dividend or profit; and
(b) in the case of a limited company, make to
any director or manager whose liability is unlimited, or to his estate, the
like allowance.
(3) In the case of any company, whether
limited or unlimited, when all the creditors have been paid in full, any money
due on any account whatever to a contributory from the company may be allowed
to him by way of set-off against any subsequent call.