Act Number: 19

Act Name: The Joint-stock Companies Act, 1857

Year: 1857

Enactment Date: 1857-07-10

Long Title: An Act to make better provision for the order and good government of the Suburbs of Calcutta and of the station of Howrah.

Ministry: Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Department:

Section LXIV: Definition of “contributory,” and legal character of his liability.
    Any existing or former shareholder, upon whom calls are authorized to be made by the Third Part of this Act, is hereinafter called a "contributory"; and the representatives of any deceased contributory shall be liable in a due course of administration to the same extent as such contributory would be liable under this Act it alive.
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