Act Number: 25

Act Name: The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990

Year: 1990

Enactment Date: 1990-09-12

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of a Broadcasting Corporation for India, to be known as Prasar Bharati, to define its composition, functions and powers and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Department:

Section 18: Fund of Corporation.
    (1) The Corporation shall have its own Fund and all the receipts of the Corporation (including the amounts which stand transferred to the Corporation under section 16) shall be credited to the Fund and all payments by the Corporation shall be made therefrom.
     (2) All moneys belonging to the Fund shall be deposited in one or more nationalised banks in such manner as the Corporation may decide.
     (3) The Corporation may spend such sums as it thinks fit for performing its functions under this Act and such sums shall be treated as expenditure payable out of the Fund of the Corporation.
     Explanation.--For the purposes of this section, "nationalised bank" means a corresponding new bank specified in the First Schedule to the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970(5 of 1970) or a corresponding new bank specified in the First Schedule to the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980(40 of 1980).
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