Act Number: 23

Act Name: The State Bank of India Act, 1955

Year: 1955

Enactment Date: 1955-05-08

Long Title: An Act to constitute a State Bank for India, to transfer to it the undertaking of the Imperial Bank of India and to provide for other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 10: Transferability of shares.
    (1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), the shares of the State Bank shall be freely transferable.
     (2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall entitle the 1[Central Government] to transfer any shares held by it in the State Bank if such transfer will result in reducing the shares held by it to less than 2[fifty-one per cent. of the issued capital consisting of equity shares,] of the State Bank.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 32 of 2007, s. 4, for "Reserve Bank" (w.e.f. 29-6-2007).
2. Subs. by 27 of 2010, s. 5, for "fifty-five per cent. of the issued capital" (w.e.f. 15-9-2010).
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