Section 83 - Numbering of shares. - Companies Act, 1956

Numbering of shares. [1] [83. Each share in a company having a share capital shall be distinguished by its appropriate number: Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the shares held with a depository.] ---------------------------------- Notes:- [1] Inserted by the Depositories Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 1997 (8 of 1997), w.e.f. 15-1-1997. The earlier section 83 omitted by the Depositories Act, 1996, w.r.e.f. 20-9-1995 read as under: "83. Numbering of shares. Each share in a company having a share capital shall be distinguished by its appropriate number."