State Bank of India (Amendment) Act,2010
Section 25. Insertion of new Section 38-A
After Section 38 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely
’38-A. Transfer of unpaid or unclaimed dividend.
(1) Where, after the commencement of the State Bank of India (Amendment) Act,2010, a dividend has been declared by the State Bank but which has not been paid to a shareholder or claimed by any shareholder entitled to it, within thirty days from the date of declaration, the State Bank shall, within seven days from the date of expiry of the said period of thirty days, transfer the total amount of dividend which remains unpaid, or unclaimed, to a special account to be named, the “unpaid dividend account” maintained by it.
Explanation
In this sub-section, the expression “dividend which remains unpaid” means any dividend the warrant in respect thereof has not been encashed or which has otherwise not been paid or claimed.
(2) Where the whole or any part of any dividend, declared by the State Bank before the commencement of the State Bank of India (Amendment) Act,2010, remains unpaid at such commencement, the State Bank shall, within a period of six months from such commencement, transfer such unpaid amount to the account referred to in sub-section (1).
(3) Any money transferred to the unpaid dividend account of the State Bank, in pursuance of this section which remains unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years from the date of such transfer shall be transferred by the State Bank to the Investor Education and Protection Fund established under sub-section (1) of Section 205-C of the Companies Act,1956 (1 of 1956) for being utilised for the purpose and in the manner specified in that section.
