Section 7
Statements by beneficial owners of shares of railway company. Repealed
The Railway Companies (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1951
About this Act
An Act to make provision for the proper management and administration of railway companies in certain special cases.
Any person who has any
interest in any share of the railway company which stands in the name of another person in the register of
share holders of the railway company shall, with in such period as may be specified by the Central
Government by notified order, make a declaration in such form as may be prescribed (which shall be
countersigned by the person in whose name in the share is registered) to the railway company declaring
his interest in the share, and notwithstanding anything contained in any other law or in any contract to the
contrary, a person who fails to make a declaration as aforesaid in respect of any share shall be deemed to
have no right or title whatsoever in or to that share:
Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the right of any person who has an interest in any such share to establish in a court his right thereto if the person in whose name the share is registered refuses to sign that declaration as required by this section.
Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the right of any person who has an interest in any such share to establish in a court his right thereto if the person in whose name the share is registered refuses to sign that declaration as required by this section.