Section 4
New banks to be bodies corporate. Repealed
The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959
About this Act
An Act to provide for the formation of certain Government or Government associated banks as subsidiaries of the State Bank of India and for the constitution, management and control of the subsidiary banks so formed, and for matters connected therewith, or incidental thereto.
(1) Every new bank shall be a body corporate with
perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued in its name.
(2) The body corporate constituting each of the new banks shall consist of the State Bank and other shareholders, if any, for the time being of the new bank.
(3) Every new bank shall carry on the business of banking and other business in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and shall have power to acquire and hold property, whether movable or immovable, for the purposes of its business and to dispose of the same.
(2) The body corporate constituting each of the new banks shall consist of the State Bank and other shareholders, if any, for the time being of the new bank.
(3) Every new bank shall carry on the business of banking and other business in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and shall have power to acquire and hold property, whether movable or immovable, for the purposes of its business and to dispose of the same.