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TMI BlogAmendment of section 49.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... hereat, and the quorum therefor;"; (e) clause (i) shall be omitted; (f) after clause (m), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:- "(n) the manner of election of directors under clause (e) of sub-section (2) of section 4; (o) the form and manner of registers to be kept and maintained under sub-section (1) of section 5C; (p) the manner of nomination by an individual registered member or joint holder of shares, the manner of variation or cancellation of such nomination, and the manner of nomination in favour of a minor, under section 5F; (q) the manner in which and the conditions subject to which shares, including partly paid-up shares, may be issued, held, transferred and registered; (r) the maintenance and operation o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tendence and direction of the affairs and business of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (hereinafter referred to as "LIC") in its Board of Directors, the composition thereof, the appointment or nomination of directors thereon, and deeming of members constituting LIC immediately before the coming into force of this section as directors under the substituted section 4, in order to bring the provisions relating to corporate governance in alignment with the requirements under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 made by the Securities and Exchange Board of India under the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, and thereby enabling the li ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... mum holding period under any law for the time being in force, and issuing of other securities by LIC for raising funds to meet its business requirements. These amendments will enable issue of shares to the Central Government against paid-up capital invested by it in LIC as well as issue of bonus shares to the Central Government, which could be offered for sale by way of an initial public offer, with resultant receipt of money into the Consolidated Fund of India. It is also proposed to insert new sections 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F in the LIC Act, to provide respectively for transferability of shares, voting rights, register of members, declaration in respect of beneficial interest in shares, deeming of LIC's shares to be securities and righ ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... dments) to be a Zonal Manager of LIC, consequential to proposed constitution of Board of LIC under the substituted section 4 and the disqualification to be a director under clause (l) of the new section 4A. It is also proposed to insert new section 23A in the LIC Act, to provide for annual general meeting and other general meetings of registered shareholders of LIC, in order to bring the provisions relating to the rights of LIC's shareholders in alignment with listing requirements. It is also proposed to substitute section 24 of the LIC Act, to provide for LIC having a multiplicity of funds, establishment of reserves and maintenance of separate funds for participating and non-participating policyholders of LIC, which are matters incidenta ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 4 in place of the constitution of the Corporation under the existing section 4. It is also proposed to amend section 27 of the LIC Act, to omit the provisions relating to giving in the Annual Report an account of activities likely to be taken by LIC in the next financial year, in order to bring the provisions relating to the Annual Report in alignment with listing requirements. It is also proposed to substitute section 28 of the LIC Act, to provide for the allocation to or reservation for registered shareholders of one hundred per cent. of the surplus relating to non-participating policyholders in every financial year's surplus, in addition to up to ten per cent. of the surplus relating to participating policyholders, as against a maximu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ment relating to various matters that are either incidental to or consequent upon the various other amendments proposed in this Part. It is also proposed to amend section 49 of the LIC Act, to provide for making of regulations by the Board of LIC relating to various matters that are either incidental or consequent upon the various other amendments proposed in this Part. It is also proposed to insert new sections 50 and 51 in the LIC Act to provide for the form, manner, etc. for companies to apply with modifications to LIC, and to provide for the power of the Central Government to remove difficulties by order published in the Official Gazette, which are matters incidental to the various other amendments proposed in this Part. These amendm ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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