Act Number: 38

Act Name: The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959

Year: 1959

Enactment Date: 1959-09-10

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 15: Constitution of the Tribunal.
    (1) The Central Government may for the purposes of this Act constitute a Tribunal which shall consist of a Chairman and two other members.
     (2) The Chairman shall be a person who is, or has been, a Judge of a High Court or has been a Judge of the Supreme Court and of the two other members, one shall be a person, who, in the opinion, of the Central Government, has had experience of commercial banking and the other shall be a person who is a chartered accountant within the meaning of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of 1949).
     (3) If, for any reason, a vacancy occurs in the office of the Chairman or any other member of the Tribunal, the Central Government shall fill the vacancy by appointing another person thereto in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2), and any proceeding may be continued before the Tribunal so re-constituted from the stage at which the vacancy occurred.
     (4) The Tribunal may, for the purpose of determining any compensation payable under this Act, choose one or more persons having special knowledge or experience of any relevant matter to assist it in the determination of such compensation.
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