This document discusses company membership and members' rights. It outlines who can be a company member, including individuals, companies, partnerships and foreigners. Membership can occur through subscribing to the memorandum of association, share application and allotment, agreeing to become a director, share transfer or holding oneself out as a member. Membership ends through share transfer, forfeiture, surrender, lien sale, death, insolvency, repudiation or company winding up. The register of members must include members' names, addresses, occupations, share details and dates of becoming or ceasing membership. The rights of members include claiming share certificates, voting on dividends, attending meetings, appointing auditors and directors, and accessing company accounts

1. By Radhika Gohel

2. Who may be a member?
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Minor
Company
Subsidiary company
Partnership Firm
Foreigners
Fictitious Person

3. Who is member?
According t section 41
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The subscriber of MoA of a co. shall be deemed to
have agreed to become member of the co., & on its
registration , shall be entered in its register of
member.
II. Every person who agree [in writing] to become
member of a company and whose name is entered in
the register of member shall be a member of the co.

4. Ways of Membership
A person may become a member of the company in any
following ways:
1. By subscribing to the memorandum of association.
2. By application and allotment.
3. Agreeing to become director:
4. By transfer of shares.
5. By transmission of shares.
6. By holding out as a member or by estoppels

5. Termination of Membership
A person will cease to be a member of the company when
his name is removed from the register of members. It may
take place in any of the following ways:
1. When a person transfers his shares. In such a case the
transferor ceases to be a member as soon as the transferee
is registered but not before.
2. When his shares are validly forfeited by the company.
3. When a person makes a valid surrender of his shares of
the company.
4. When a company sells the shares in exercise of its right
of lien over them.
5. When he dies.

6. Cont.
6. When he is declared insolvent.
7. When he repudiates the contract on the ground of
false or misleading statement in the prospectus of
the company.
8. When he is holding redeemable preference shares
and such shares are redeemed.
9. When share-warrants are issued in exchange of fully
paid-up shares and the articles do not recognize
holders of share-warrants as members.
10. When the company is wound-up. But he remains
liable as a contributory.

7. Liability of Member

8. Register of members
(a) The name, address, and occupation of each
member.
(b) In the case of a company having a share
capital, the shares held by each member with
numbers and amount paid or considered to be paid
on them.
(c) The date on which each member’s name was
entered in the register.
(d) The date on which any person ceased to be a
member; and
(e) If the shares have been converted into stock, and
notice of conversion given to the registrar, it will

9. Rights of members
1. Claiming Share certificate
2. Duplicate certificate
3. Transfer of shares
4. Legal heir
5. Voting regarding dividend
6. Attending meetings
7. Appointing auditors
8. Appointing proxy
9. Copies of P&L A/c
10. Appointing & removing directors