Form No. 138 - Notice of dividend - Company Court Rules, 1959

Form No. 138 (See rule 276) Heading as in Form No. 1] Company Petition No. .............. of 19 ...... Notice of dividend (Please bring this dividend notice with you) Dividend of .............. Paise in the rupee To ............................(Name) ............................(Address) Take notice that a 1 .............. dividend of .............. Paise in the rupee has been declared. The amount payable to you is Rs. .............., and the same will be payable at my office on the ........... day of ........... 19 .........., and on the subsequent working days up to the ........... day of ........... 19 ......., between the hours of .............. Upon applying for payment to this notice must be produced entire with any bills of exchange, promissory notices or any other negotiable securities held by you. If you desire the dividend to be paid to some other person, you may sign and lodge with the Official Liquidator an authority in the prescribed form (Form No. 139). If you do not attend personally you must fill up and sign the enclosed forms of Receipt and Authority. Dated at .............. this .............. day of .............. 19 .......... Official Liquidator Notes. 1. The receipt and authority should, in the case of a firm be signed in the firm's name, and in the case of a limited company, by an officer of the company so described. 2. If you do not claim the dividend, declared and payable as above, within six months after the date when it became payable, the Official Liquidator shall pay the said amount into the Companies Liquidation Account in the public account of India in the Reserve Bank of India, under section 555(1) of the Companies, Act, 1956. Enclosures: Receipt [Heading as in Form No.1] Address .............. Date .............. Received from the Official Liquidator of the above company the sum of Rs. .............. being the amount payable to me/us in respect of the .............. dividend of .............. paise in the rupee. Rs. .............. Payee's signature Authority for delivery* [Heading as in Form No. 1] Address .............. Date .............. Sir, Please deliver to the bearer .............. (name of bearer) [or send to me by cheque, by post or by postal money order at my expense and risk] the1 .............. dividend of Rs. .............. payable to me. Rs. .............. Payee's signature To The Official Liquidator of ............. (Company), ........................ * Note. This is an authority only to deliver the dividend (the cheque or the amount as the case may be), and not to make it payable to another person, for which Form No. 139 should be used. 1 Insert here 'first' or 'second' or 'final' as the case may be.