-F. Annual general meeting .-(1) The Small Industries Bank shall in each year hold, in addition to any other meetings, a general meeting as its annual general meeting and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it; and not more than fifteen months shall elapse between the date of one annual general meeting and that of the next:

Provided that the Small Industries Bank may hold the first annual general meeting within a period of six months from the date on which it allots shares for the first time to public for subscription:

Provided further that the Central Government may extend the time within which any annual general meeting shall be held by a period not exceeding three months.

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Every annual general meeting shall be called for a time during business hours, on a day that is not a public holiday, and shall be held either at head office or at some other place within the city or town in which the head office is situated.

Explanation .-For the purposes of this section, "public holiday " means a public holiday within the meaning of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (36 of 1881).

Provided that no Sunday shall be deemed to be such a holiday in relation to any meeting:

Provided further that no day declared by the Central Government to be a public holiday shall be deemed to be such a holiday, in relation to any meeting, unless the declaration was notified before the issue of the notice convening such meeting.