BUSINESS OF THE STATE BANK
Section-32. State Bank to act as agent of the Reserve Bank -
(1) The State Bank shall, if so required by the Reserve Bank, act as agent of the Reserve Bank at all places in India where it has a branch 2[or where there is a branch of a subsidiary bank], and where there is no branch of the banking department of the Reserve Bank, for-
(a) paying, receiving, collecting and remitting money, bullion and securities on behalf of any Government in India; and
(b) undertaking and transacting any other business which the Reserve Bank may from time to time entrust to it.
(2) The terms and conditions on which any such agency business shall be carried on by the State Bank on behalf of the Reserve Bank shall be such as may be agreed upon.
(3) If no agreement can be reached on any matter referred to in sub-section (2) or if a dispute arises between the State Bank and the Reserve Bank as to the interpretation of any agreement between them, the matter shall be referred to the Central Government and the the decision of the Central Government thereon shall be final.
(4) The State Bank may transact any business or perform any functions entrusted to it
under sub-section (1) 3 [by itself or through a subsidiary bank] or through an agent approved by the Reserve Bank.
Section-33. Other Business which the State Bank may transact.-
Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act, the State Bank may carry on and transact the business of banking as defined in clause (b) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act,1949 (10 of 1949), and may engage in one or more of the other forms of business specified in sub-section (1) of section 6 of that Act.]
Section-34. Business which the State Bank may not transact.-
the State Bank shall not own or acquire any immovable property except for the purpose of providing buildings or other accommodation in which to carry on the business of the State Bank or for providing residences for its officers and other employees:
Provided that if any such building or other accommodation is not immediately required for any of the purposes of the State Bank , the State Bank may utilize it to the best advantage by letting it out or in any other manner.
Section-35. State Bank may acquire the business of other banks.-
(1) The State Bank may, with the sanction of the Central Government, and shall, if so directed by the Central Government in consultation with the Reserve bank, enter into negotiations for acquiring the business, including the assets and liabilities, of any banking institution.
(2)The terms and conditions relating to such acquisition, if agreed upon by the Central Board of the State Bank and the directorate or management of the banking institution concerned and approved by the Reserve Bank, shall be submitted to the Central Government for its sanction and that Government may by order in writing (hereafter in this section referred to as the order of sanction) accord its sanction thereto.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force or any instrument regulating the constitution of the banking institution concerned, the terms and conditions as sanctioned by the Central Government shall come into effect on the date specified by the Central Government in this behalf in the order of sanction and be binding upon the State Bank and the banking institution concerned as well as upon the share-holders (or, as the case may be, proprietors) and creditors of that banking institution.
(4) If for any reason the terms and conditions cannot come into effect on the date specified in the order of sanction, the Central Government may fix another suitable date for that purpose.
(5) On the date on which the terms and conditions as aforesaid come into effect the business and the assets and liabilities of the banking institution concerned as covered by the acquisition shall, by virtue, and in accordance with the provisions, of the order of sanction stand transferred to, and become respectively the business and the assets and liabilities of, the State Bank.
(6) The consideration for the acquisition of the business and the assets and liabilities of any banking institution under this section, may, if so agreed upon, be paid either in cash or by allotment of shares in the capital of the State Bank or partly in cash and partly by allotment of shares, and the State Bank may, for the purpose of any such allotment, increase, subject to the other provisions contained in this Act, relating to the increase of capital, the capital of the State Bank by the issue of such number of shares as may be determined by the State Bank.
(7) Any business acquired under this section shall thereafter be carried on by the State Bank in accordance with the provisions of this Act, subject to such exemptions or modifications as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make on this behalf in consultation with the Reserve Bank. Provided that no such exemption or modification, shall be made so as to have effect for a period of more than seven years from the date of acquisition.
(8) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), or in any other law or in any agreement for the time being in force, on the acquisition of the business and the assets and liabilities of any banking institution under this section, no officer or other employee of that banking institution shall be entitled to any compensation to which he may be entitled under that Act or that other law or that agreement and no claim in respect of such compensation shall be entertained by any court, tribunal or other authority, if on his having accepted in writing an offer of employment by the State Bank on the terms and conditions proposed by it he has been employed in accordance with such terms and conditions.
(9) The Central Government may, if it considers necessary or expedient in the case of any
banking institutions in relation to which an order of sanction has been made under this
section, appoint, whether before or after the coming into effect of the terms and conditions
relating to the acquisition of the business and the assets and liabilities of that banking
institution, a suitable person to take over the management of that banking institution for the
purposes of winding up its affairs and distributing its assets, and the expenditure incurred in
connection with such management (including the remuneration for the person so appointed
and his staff, if any) shall be paid out of the assets of the banking institution or by the State Bank as the Central Government may direct.
(10) Simultaneously with the appointment of a suitable person to take over the
management of any banking institution under sub-section (9) or immediately thereafter, the
Central Government shall issue directions to be followed by that person in the management
of that banking institutions for the purposes aforesaid and thereupon -
(a) the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), or the 1
(Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949)) or any other law for the time being in force or
any instrument having effect by virtue of any such Act or law, in so far as they are
inconsistent with such directions shall cease to apply to or in relation to that
banking institution;
(b) all persons in charge of the management, including any person holding office as
manager or director of the banking institution immediately before the issue of
such directions, shall be deemed to have vacated their offices as such; and
(c) The person appointed to take over the management of the banking institution shall
in accordance with those directions take all such steps as may be necessary to
facilitate the winding up of its affairs and distribution of its assets.
(11) The Central Government, when satisfied that nothing further remains to be done
in order to wind up the affairs of any such banking institution, may by another order in
writing direct that as from such date as may be specified therein the banking institution shall
stand dissolved and thereupon any such direction shall have effect notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in any other law.
(12) No action under this section shall be questioned on the ground merely of any
defect in the constitution of any banking institution in relation to which such action has been
taken or in the constitution of its Board of Directors or in the appointment of any person
entrusted with the management of its affairs.
(13) In this section “banking institution” includes any individual or any association of
individuals (whether incorporated or not, or whether a department of Government or a
separate institution), carrying on the business of banking.]
Section-35A. Arrangement with the State Bank on appointment of directors to prevail.-
(1) Where any arrangement entered into by the State Bank with a company provides for the
appointment by the State Bank of one or more directors of such company, such provisions and any appointment of directors made in pursuance thereof shall be valid and effective
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), or in any other law for the time being in force or in the memorandum, articles of association or any other instrument relating to the company, and any provision regarding share qualification, age limit, number of directorships removal from office of directors and such like conditions contained in any such law or instrument aforesaid, shall not apply to any director appointed by the State Bank in pursuance of the arrangement as aforesaid.
(2) Any director appointed as aforesaid shall -
(a) hold office during the pleasure of the State Bank and may be removed or substituted by any person by order in writing of the State Bank ;
(b) not incur any obligation or liability by reason only of his being a director or for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith in the discharge of his duties as a director or anything in relation thereto;
(c) not liable to retirement by rotation and shall not be taken into account for computing the number of directors liable to such retirement.
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