Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividends) Act, 1960
1. Short title and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Preference Shares (Regulation of
Dividends) Act, 1960.
(2) It extends to the whole of India :
PROVIDED that it shall not apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir except to the extent
to which the provisions of this Act relate to the regulation of dividends on
preference shares of banking and insurance companies and financial
corporations.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the
provisions of this Act shall, in their application to the Union
territory of
Pondicherry , have effect subject
to the modifications specified in the Schedule.