84. Company to furnish particulars of deceased members to the controller.
(1)Where a company incorporated outside India carries on business in the territories to which this Act extends and has been treated for the purposes of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (XI of 1922), as resident for two out of the three completed assessments immediately preceding, the death of a member dying after the commencement of this Act, furnish to the controller such particulars as may be prescribed in respect of the estate duty at the rates mentioned in Part III of the Second Schedule, on the principal value of the shares held by the deceased in the company except in cases where the deceased member was a person domiciled in India and the person accountable has obtained a certificate from the Controller showing that either the estate duty in respect thereof has been paid or will be paid or that none is due, as the case may be.(2)If any member of a company formed and registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1913 (VII of 1913) dies after the commencement of this Act and the company through any of its principal officers as defined in section 18, has knowledge of the death, it shall not be lawful for the company to register the transfer of any shares standing in the name of the deceased member unless the company is satisfied that the transferee has acquired such shares for valuable consideration or there is produced before it a certificate from the Controller that either the estate duty in respect thereof has been paid or will be paid or none is due, as case may be.(3)Any company which fails to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand rupees or a sum equal to double the amount of the estate duty payable according as the Controller may direct :Provided that the Controller may reduce the penalty in any particular case.
