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 15: Trusts not to be entered on the register of shareholders.
    1[15. Trusts not to be entered on the register of shareholders.--No notice of any trust, express, implied or constructive, shall be entered on the register of shareholders or be receivable by the State Bank.]
     2[Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to a depository in respect of shares held by it as a registered owner on behalf of the beneficial owners.
     Explanation.--For the purposes of section 13, section 13A and this section, the expressions "beneficial owner", "depository" and "registered owner" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in clauses (a), (e) and (j) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Depositories Act, 1996 (22 of 1996).]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1993, s. 7, for section 15 (w.e.f. 15-10-1993).
2. The proviso and Explanation ins. by Act 8 of 1997, s. 5 (w.e.f. 15-1-1997).
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