47. Voting rights.
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 43 and sub-section (2) of section 50,—
(a) every member of a company limited by shares and holding equity share
capital therein, shall have a right to vote on every resolution placed before the company;
and
(b) his voting right on a poll shall be in proportion to his share in the paid-up
equity share capital of the company.
(2) Every member of a company limited by shares and holding any preference
share capital therein shall, in respect of such capital, have a right to vote only on
resolutions placed before the company which directly affect the rights attached to his
preference shares and, any resolution for the winding up of the company or for the
repayment or reduction of its equity or preference share capital and his voting right on
a poll shall be in proportion to his share in the paid-up preference share capital of the
company:
Provided that the proportion of the voting rights of equity shareholders to the
voting rights of the preference shareholders shall be in the same proportion as the
paid-up capital in respect of the equity shares bears to the paid-up capital in respect of
the preference shares:
Provided further that where the dividend in respect of a class of preference shares has
not been paid for a period of two years or more, such class of preference shareholders shall
have a right to vote on all the resolutions placed before the company.