<h2The State Financial Corporation Act,1951
Section 4. Share capital and shareholders
(1) The authorised capital of the Financial Corporation shall be such sum as may be fixed by the State Government in this behalf, but it shall in no case be less than fifty lakhs of rupees exceed five crores of rupees.
(2) The authorised capital shall be divided into such number of fully paid up shares as the state Government may determine and shall be issued to the parties mentioned in sub-section (3) at such times and in such manner as that Government may determine and each such share shall have the same face value.
(3) The State Government shall, with the approval of the Central Government, determine the number of shares which may, respectively, be distributed among—
(a) The State Government,
(b) The Reserve Bank,
(c) Scheduled banks, insurance companies, investment trusts co-operative banks or other financial institutions, and
(d) Parties other than those referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c):
Provided that the number of shares which may be allocated to the parties referred to in clause (d) shall in no case exceed twenty-five per cent of the total number of shares.
(4) Subject to the other provisions contained in this section, the allocation of shares among the parties referred to in clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (3) and the allotment of such shares shall be made by the Financial corporation in such manner as may be prescribed.
(5) If any shares allocated to any of the parties referred to in clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (3) remain unsubscribed, they shall be subscribed for by the State Government, but the State Government may at any time thereafter dispose of the shares so subscribed for to any party who was eligible to subscribe for it in the first instance.
