Section 3(3)(b) in The Preference Shares (Regulation Of Dividends) Act, 1960
(b)was being paid before the 1st April 1960, subject to a deduction therefrom on account of the income-tax payable by the company, notwithstanding the absence of any specification that the dividend would be subject to income-tax, then, every such share shall, as respects dividends, declared after the commencement of this Act, carry a preferential right to be paid subject to the deduction aforesaid such amount as would exceed the stipulated dividend by eleven per cent. thereof.