Companies Act, 1956
Sec 90 - Savings
(1) Nothing in sections 85, 86, 88 and 89
shall, in the case of any shares issued by a public company before the
commencement of this Act, affect any voting rights attached to the shares save
as otherwise provided in section 89, or any rights attached to the shares as to
dividend, capital or otherwise.
(2) Nothing in sections 85 to 89 shall apply
to a private company, unless it is a subsidiary of a public company.
(3) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby
declared that on and from the commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Act,
1974 (41 of 1974), the provisions of section 87 shall apply in relation to the
voting rights attached to preference shares issued by a public company before
the 1st day of April, 1956, as they apply to the preference shares issued by a
public company after that date.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this
section, references to a public company shall be construed as including
references to a private company which is a subsidiary of a public company.