Held that the “beneficial owner of shares”, “shareholder” and “member” in the company referred therein, shall only be the registered shareholder or registered beneficial owner of a share whose name is found in the register of members/shareholders of the company under section 150 or register of beneficial owner under section 152A of the Companies Act, 1956. Clearly, the provisions of the Portuguese Civil Code could not create any right in a spouse, who is not registered shareholder of the company, by operation of law, in relation to other shareholders of that company including her spouse, as the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 exclusively regulate this relationship between the company and a shareholder. Under no circumstances would the provisions of the Civil Code confer or create an ownership right in the shares, of a company or give the right of voting, in proportion to the share in the capital of the company, to the other spouse. Accordingly, that the provisions of clause (e) of section 2(22) of the 1961 Act, would, therefore, fully apply to the husband, who would be the owner of the entire 33 per cent. share in each of the companies with the entire voting power (which was more than 20 per cent. in such company), to the exclusion of the wife. Consequently, the submission that the wife of the spouse, married under the provisions of Portuguese Civil Code, by operation of law, would be entitled to the beneficial ownership of the shares of the husband was not tenable. Order of Tribunal is affirmed. (AY.2007-08, 2009-10 to 2012-13)