(1) This Act may be called the State Bank of Sikkim (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1982.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoin.
Section 2 - Definitions
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "appointed day" means the date on which this Act comes into force;
(b) "co-operative bank" means the Sikkim State Co-operative Bank Limited, a society registered under the Sikkim Co-operative Societies Act, 1978;
(c) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(e) "Sikkim Bank" means the State Bank of Sikkim constituted under the State Bank of Sikkim Proclamation, 1968;
(f) "State Government" means the State Government of Sikkim;
(g) "United Commercial Bank" means the United Commercial Bank constituted under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings)Act, 1970 (5 of 1970.);
(h) words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956.), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.