Act 2 of 1934

The Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

An Act to Constitute a Reserve Bank of India.

  • Ministry of Finance
  • Department of Financial Services
  • Enacted 1934-03-06
  • 140 sections
SectionTitle
1 Short title, extent and commencement.Read
2 Definitions.Read
3 Establishment and incorporation of Reserve Bank.Read
4 Capital of the Bank.Read
5 [Omitted.].Read
6 Offices, branches and agencies.Read
7 Management.Read
8 Composition of the Central Board, and term of office of Directors.Read
9 Local Boards, their constitution and functions.Read
10 Disqualifications of Directors and members of Local Boards.Read
11 Removal from and vacation of office.Read
12 Casual vacancies and absences.Read
13 Meetings of the Central Board.Read
14 [Omitted.].Read
15 [Omitted.].Read
16 [Omitted.].Read
17 Business which the Bank may transact.Read
18 Power of direct discount.Read
18A Validity of loan or advance not to be questioned.Read
19 Business which the Bank may not transact.Read
20 Obligation of the Bank to transact Government business.Read
20A [Omitted.].Read
21 Bank to have the right to transact Government business in India.Read
21A Bank to transact Government business of States on agreement.Read
21B Effect of agreements made between the Bank and certain States before the 1st November, 1956.Read
22 Right to issue bank notes.Read
22A Non-applicability of certain provisions to digital form of bank notesRead
23 Issue Department.Read
24 Denominations of notes.Read
25 Form of bank notes.Read
26 Legal tender character of notes.Read
26A Certain bank notes to cease to be legal tender.Read
27 Re-issue notes.Read
28 Recovery of notes lost, stolen, mutilated or imperfect.Read
28A Issue of special bank notes and special one rupee notes in certain cases.Read
29 Bank exempt from stamp duty on bank notes.Read
30 Powers of Central Government to supersede Central Board.Read
31 Issue of demand bills and notes.Read
32 [Omitted.].Read
33 Assets of the Issue Department.Read
34 Liabilities of Issue Department.Read
35 [Omitted.].Read
36 [Omitted.].Read
37 Suspension of assets requirements as to foreign securities.Read
38 Obligations of Government and the Bank in respect of rupee coin.Read
39 Obligation to supply different forms of currency.Read
40 Transactions in foreign exchange.Read
41A [Omitted.].Read
42 Cash reserves of scheduled banks to be kept with the Bank.Read
43 Publication of consolidated statement by the Bank.Read
43A Protection of action taken in good faith.Read
44 [Omitted.].Read
45 Appointment of agents.Read
45A Definitions.Read
45B Power of Bank to collect credit information.Read
45C Power to call for returns containing credit information.Read
45D Procedure for furnishing credit information to banking companies.Read
45E Disclosure of information prohibited.Read
45F Certain claims for compensation barred.Read
45G [Omitted.].Read
45H Chapter IIIB not to apply in certain cases.Read
45-I Definitions.Read
45-IA Requirement of registration and net owned fund.Read
45-IB Maintenance of percentage of assets.Read
45-IC Reserve fund.Read
45-ID Power of Bank to remove directors from office. Read
45-IE Supersession of Board of directors of non-banking financial company (Other than Government Company).Read
45J Bank to regulate or prohibit issue of prospectus or advertisement soliciting deposits of money.Read
45JA Power of Bank to determine policy and issue directions.Read
45K Power of Bank to collect information from non - banking institutions as to deposits and to give directions.Read
45L Power of Bank to call for information from financial institutions and to give directions.Read
45M Duty of non-banking institutions to furnish statements, etc., required by Bank.Read
45MA Powers and duties of auditors.Read
45MAA Power to take action against auditors. Read
45MB Power of Bank to prohibit acceptance of deposit and alienation of assets.Read
45MBA Resolution of non-banking financial company.Read
45MC Power of Bank to file winding up petition.Read
45N Inspection.Read
45NA Deposits not to be solicited by unauthorised person.Read
45NAA Power in respect of group companies. Read
45NB Disclosure of information.Read
45NC Power of Bank to exempt.Read
45-O Omitted. .Read
45P [Omitted.].Read
45Q Chapter IIIB to override other laws.Read
45QA Power of Company Law Board to offer repayment of deposit.Read
45QB Nomination by depositors.Read
45R Interpretation.Read
45S Deposits not to be accepted in certain cases.Read
45T Power to issue search warrants.Read
45U Definitions.Read
45V Transactions in derivatives.Read
45W Power to regulate transactions in derivatives, money market instruments, etc.Read
45X Duty to comply with directions and furnish information.Read
45Y Joint Mechanism.Read
45Z Provisions of this Chapter to override other provisions of Act.Read
45ZA Inflation target.Read
45ZB Constitution of Monetary Policy Committee.Read
45ZC Eligibility and selection of Members appointed by Central Government.Read
45ZD Terms and conditions of appointment of Members of Monetary Policy Committee.Read
45ZE Removal of Members of Monetary Policy Committee.Read
45ZF Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Monetary Policy Committee.Read
45ZG Secretary to Monetary Policy Committee.Read
45ZH Information for Monetary Policy Committee Members.Read
45Z-I Meetings of Monetary Policy Committee.Read
45ZJ Steps to be taken to implement decision of Monetary Policy Committee.Read
45ZK Publication of decisions.Read
45ZL Publication of proceedings of meeting of Monetary Policy Committee.Read
45ZM Monetary Policy Report.Read
45ZN Failure to maintain inflation target.Read
45ZO Power to make rules.Read
46 Contribution by Central Government to the Reserve Fund.Read
46A Contribution to National Rural Credit (Long Term Operations) Fund and Nation al Rural Credit (Stabilisation) Fund.Read
46C National Industrial Credit (Long Term Operations) Fund.Read
46D National Housing Credit (Long Term Operations) Fund.Read
47 Allocation of surplus profits.Read
48 Exemption of Banks from income-tax and super-tax.Read
49 Publication of Bank rate.Read
50 Auditors.Read
51 Appointment of special auditors by Government.Read
52 Powers and duties of auditors.Read
53 Returns.Read
54 Rural Credit and Development.Read
54A Delegation of powers.Read
54AA Power of Bank to depute its employees to other institutions.Read
55 [Omitted.].Read
56 [Omitted.].Read
57 Liquidation of the Bank.Read
57A Powers of Bank not to apply to International Financial Services Centre.Read
58 Power of the Central Board to make regulations.Read
58A Protection of action taken in good faith.Read
58B Penalties.Read
58C Offences by companies.Read
58D Application of section 58B barred.Read
58E Cognizance of offences.Read
58F Application of fine.Read
58G Power of Bank to impose fine.Read
59 [Repealed.].Read
60 [Repealed.].Read
61 [Repealed.].Read
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