State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act,1959
Act No : 38
Section :
Issued Capital of new Banks.
7. Issued Capital of new Banks.- (1) On the appointed day, the issued capital of a new bank shall consist of such amount, divided into fully paid-up shares of hundred rupees each, as the State Bank may, with the approval of the Reserve Bank, fix. (2) All shares in the issued capital of a new bank shall, on the appointed day, stand allotted to the State Bank. (3) The State Bank shall, as soon as may be, after the determination, if any, by the Tribunal, of the amount of compensation payable in respect of an existing bank, consider whether any increase in, or reduction of, the issued capital of the corresponding new bank as fixed under sub-section (1), by way of adjustment, or transfer from, or to, the reserves of such bank, or in any other manner, is necessary or expedient and may, thereafter with the approval of the Reserve Bank, direct that bank to increase or reduce its issued capital. (4) Without prejudice to the provisions contained in sub-section (3), a new bank may, with the approval of the State Bank and the Reserve Bank, increase from time to time, its issued capital and the capital so increased shall consist of fully paid-up shares to be issued in such manner as the State Bank may, with the approval of the Reserve Bank, direct. (5) No increase or reduction in the issued capital of a new bank shall be made in such a manner that the State Bank holds at any time less than fifty-five per cent. of the issued capital of that bank. 176
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