Companies Act, 2013
47.
Voting
rights.
1. Subject to the
provisions of section 43 and sub-section (2 ) of section 50,—
a.
every
member of a company limited by shares and holding equity share capital therein,
shall have a right to vote on every resolution placed before the company; and
b.
his
voting right on a poll shall be in proportion to his share in the paid-up
equity share capital of the company.
1.
2. Every member of a
company limited by shares and holding any preference share capital therein
shall, in respect of such capital, have a right to vote only on resolutions
placed before the company which directly affect the rights attached to his
preference shares and, any resolution for the winding up of the company or for
the repayment or reduction of its equity or preference share capital and his
voting right on a poll shall be in proportion to his share in the paid-up
preference share capital of the company:
Provided
that the proportion of the voting rights of equity shareholders to the voting
rights of the preference shareholders shall be in the same proportion as the
paid-up capital in respect of the equity shares bears to the paid-up capital in
respect of the preference shares:
Provided
further that where the dividend in respect of a class of preference shares has
not been paid for a period of two years or more, such class of preference
shareholders shall have a right to vote on all the resolutions placed before
the company.