Section 205B - Payment of unpaid or unclaimed dividend. - Companies Act, 1956

Payment of unpaid or unclaimed dividend. [1] [205B. Any person claiming to be entitled to any money transferred under sub-section (5) of section 205A to the general revenue account of the Central Government, may apply to the Central Government for an order for payment of the money claimed; and the Central Government may, if satisfied, whether on a certificate by the company or otherwise, that such person is entitled to the whole or any part of the money claimed, make an order for the payment to that person of the sum due to him after taking such security from him as it may think fit:] [2] [Provided that nothing contained in this section shall apply to any person claiming to be entitled to any money transferred to the fund referred to in section 205C on and after the commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999.] ----------------------------------- Notes:- [1] Inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1974, Act 41 of 1974, section 19, w.e.f. 1-2-1975. [2] Inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999, w.r.e.f. 31-10-1998.