(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of the State Bank of India Act, 1955 (23 of 1955), or any other enactment, the provisions of section 10, 13 to 15, 17 253[19 to 21A, 23 to 28, 29 (excluding sub-section (3)] 265[sub-sections (1B), (1C), and (2) of section 30], 31, 34,35,35A, 36 [excluding clause (d) of sub-section (1)], 45Y to 45ZF, 46 to 48],50,52 and 53 shall also apply, so far as maybe, to and in relation to the State Bank of India 253[or any corresponding new bank or a Regional Rural Bank or any subsidiary bank] as they apply to and in relation to banking companies:
PROVIDED that,-
(a) nothing contained in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 10 shall apply to the Chairman of the State Bank of India or to a 267[Managing Director] of any subsidiary bank in so far as the said clause precludes him from being a Director of, or holding an office in, any institution approved by the Reserve Bank;
253[(b) nothing contained in sub-clause (iii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 20 shall apply to any bank referred to in sub-section (1), insofar as the said sub-clause (iii) of clause (b) precludes that bank from entering into any commitment for granting any loan or advance to or on behalf of a company (not being a government company) in which not less than forty per cent of the paid-up capital is held (whether singly or taken together) by the Central Government or the Reserve Bank or a corporation owned by that bank; and
(c) nothing contained in section 46 or in section 47A shall apply to-
(i) an officer of the Central Government or the Reserve Bank nominated or appointed as Director of the State Bank of India or any corresponding new bank or a Regional Rural Bank or any subsidiary bank or a banking company; or
(ii) an officer of the State of India or a corresponding new bank or a Regional Rural Bank or a subsidiary bank nominated or appointed as Director of any of the said banks (not being the bank of which he is an officer) or of a banking company.]
(2) References to a banking company in any rules or direction relating to any provisions of this Act referred to in sub-section (1) shall, except where such rule or direction provides otherwise, be construed as referring also to the State Bank of India, a corresponding new bank, a Regional Rural Bank and a subsidiary bank.]