(g)a sum due to any past or present member of the company in hischaracter as such, by way of dividends, profits or otherwise, shall not bedeemed to be a debt of the company payable to that member, in a case ofcompetition between himself and [any creditor claiming otherwise than in the character of a past or present member of the company] [ Substituted by Act 65 of 1960, Section 161, for certain words (w.e.f. 28.12.1960).] ; but any suchsum shall be taken into account for the purpose of the final adjustment of the rights of the contributories among themselves.