¹[13. Register of shareholders.—(1) The State Bank shall keep at its Central Office, a register, in one or more books of the shareholders, and shall enter therein the following particulars so far as they may be available:—

(i) the names, addresses and occupations, if any, of the shareholders and a statement of the shares held by each shareholder, distinguishing each share by its denoting number;

(ii) the date on which each person is so entered as a shareholder;

(iii) the date on which any person ceases to be a shareholder; and

(iv) such other particulars as may be prescribed.

²[Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to the shares held with a depository.]

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), it shall be lawful for the State Bank to keep the register of shareholders ³[in computer floppies or diskettes or any other electronic form] subject to such safeguards as may be prescribed.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), a copy of, or extract from, the register of shareholders, certified to be a true copy under the hand of an officer of the State Bank authorised in this behalf, shall, in all legal proceedings, be admissible in evidence.]

1. Subs. by s. 13, ibid., for section 13 (w.e.f. 15-10-1993).
2. Ins. by Act 8 of 1997, s. 3 (w.e.f. 15-1-1997).
3. Subs. by Act 27 of 2010, s. 8, for "in computer floppies or diskettes " (w.e.f. 15-9-2010).