Clause 20

No finance company shall acquire or hold any part of the share capital of, or otherwise have a direct interest in, any financial, commercial, agricultural, industrial or other undertaking exceeding in the aggregate twenty-five per centum of the paid-up share capital and published reserves of that finance company except such shareholding as the finance company may acquire in the course of realising debts due to it, which shareholding shall, however, be disposed of at the earliest suitable moment.