State Bank of India Act, 1955
31A. Meetings of the Local Boards
(1) A local Board shall meet at such time and place and shall
observe such rules procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its
meetings as may be prescribed.
(2) All questions at the meeting shall be decided by a majority
of the votes of the members present and in the case of equality of votes, the
person presiding at the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
(3) A member who is directly or indirectly concerned or
interested in any contract, loan, arrangement or proposal entered into or
proposed to be entered into by or on behalf of the State Bank, shall, at the
earliest possible opportunity, disclose the nature of his interest to the Local
Board and shall not be present at any meeting of the Local Board when any such
contract, loan, arrangement or proposal is discussed unless his presence is
required by the other members for the purpose of eliciting information, and no
member so required to be present shall vote on any such contract, loan,
arrangement or proposal :
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section
shall apply to such member by reason only of his being-
(i) a shareholder (other than a director) holding not more than two
percent. of the paid-up capital in any public company as defined in the
Companies Act, 1956, or any corporation established by or under any law for the
time being in force in India or any co-operative society, with which or to
which the State Bank has entered into or made or proposes to enter into or
make, a contract, loan, arrangement or proposal, or
(ii) a director ex-officio of the State Bank or a director of a
subsidiary Bank.
(4) If for any reason neither the president not the
vice-president is able to be present at a meeting of the Local Board, any
member, 81[other than the chief general manager], elected by the
members present from amongst themselves, shall preside at the meeting.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the chairman
shall preside at any meeting of a Local Board at which he is present and in the
absence of thechairman, the vide-chairman, if he is a member of the
Local Board, shall whenever he is present, preside at such meeting.]