A company may purchase its own shares or other specified securities subject to the following condition____________

Explanation: Section 68 Power of company to purchase its own securities- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, but subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), a company  may purchase its own shares or other specified  securities  (hereinafter referred to as buy-back) out of— a) its  free reserves ; (b) the securities premium account; or (c) the proceeds of the issue of any shares or other specified securities: Provided that no buy-back of any kind of shares or other specified securities shall be made out of the proceeds of an earlier issue of the same kind of shares or same kind of other specified securities; (2) No company shall purchase its own shares or other specified securities under sub-section (1), unless— (a) the buy-back is authorised by its articles; (b) a special resolution has been passed at a general meeting of the company authorising the buy-back; (4) Every buy-back shall be completed within a period of one year from the date of passing of the special resolution, or as the case may be, the resolution passed by the Board under clause (b) of sub-section (2).