Section 72 — Power to nominate
(1) Every holder of securities of a company may, at any time, nominate, in
the prescribed manner, any person to whom his securities shall vest in the event of his death.
(2) Where the securities of a company are held by more than one person jointly, the joint holders may
together nominate, in the prescribed manner, any person to whom all the rights in the securities shall vest
in the event of death of all the joint holders.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any
disposition, whether testamentary or otherwise, in respect of the securities of a company, where a
nomination made in the prescribed manner purports to confer on any person the right to vest the securities
of the company, the nominee shall, on the death of the holder of securities or, as the case may be, on the
death of the joint holders, become entitled to all the rights in the securities, of the holder or, as the case may
be, of all the joint holders, in relation to such securities, to the exclusion of all other persons, unless the
nomination is varied or cancelled in the prescribed manner.
(4) Where the nominee is a minor, it shall be lawful for the holder of the securities, making the
nomination to appoint, in the prescribed manner, any person to become entitled to the securities of the
company, in the event of the death of the nominee during his minority.
Related sections
- Section 43 — Kinds of share capital
- Section 44 — Nature of shares or debentures
- Section 45 — Numbering of shares
- Section 46 — Certificate of shares
- Section 47 — Voting rights
- Section 48 — Variations of shareholders’ rights
- Section 49 — Calls on shares of same class to be made on uniform basis
- Section 50 — Company to accept unpaid share capital, although not called up
- Section 51 — Payment of dividend in proportion to amount paid-up
- Section 52 — Application of premiums received on issue of shares
- Section 53 — Prohibition on issue of shares at discount
- Section 54 — Issue of sweat equity shares
- Section 55 — Issue and redemption of preference shares
- Section 57 — Punishment for personation of shareholder
- Section 58 — Refusal of registration and appeal against refusal
- Section 59 — Rectification of register of members
- Section 60 — Publication of authorised, subscribed and paid -up capital
- Section 61 — Power of limited company to alter its share capital
- Section 62 — Further issue of share capital
- Section 63 — Issue of bonus shares
- Section 64 — Notice to be given to Registrar for alteration of share capital
- Section 65 — Unlimited company to provide for reserve share capital on conversion into limited
- Section 66 — Reduction of share capital
- Section 67 — Restriction on purchase by company or giving of loans by it for purchase of its shares
- Section 68 — Power of company to purchase its own securities
- Section 69 — Transfer of certain sums to capital redemption reserve account
- Section 70 — Prohibition for buy-back in certain circumstances
- Section 71 — Debentures