Section 45QB:
Nomination by depositors.
1[45QB. Nomination by depositors.--(1) Where a deposit is held by a non-banking financial
institution to the credit of one or more persons, the depositor or, as the case may be, all the depositors
together may nominate, in the manner prescribed by rules made by the Central Government under section
45ZA of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), one person to whom in the event of the death of
the sole depositor or the death of all the depositors, the amount of deposit may be returned by the nonbanking financial institution.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, or in any
disposition, whether testamentary or otherwise, in respect of such deposit, where a nomination made
purports to confer on any person the right to receive the amount of deposit from the non-banking financial
institution, the nominee shall, on the death of the sole depositor or, as the case may be, on the death of all
the depositors, become entitled to all the rights of the sole depositor or, as the case may be, of the
depositors, in relation to such deposit to the exclusion of all other persons, unless the nomination is varied
or cancelled in the manner prescribed by rules made by the Central Government under section 45ZA of
the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949).
(3) Where the nominee is a minor, it shall be lawful for the depositor making the nomination to
appoint, in the manner prescribed by rules made by the Central Government under section 45ZA of the
Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), any person to receive the amount of deposit in the event of
his death during the minority of the nominee.
(4) Payment by a non-banking institution in accordance with the provisions of this section shall
constitute a full discharge to the non-banking institution of its liability in respect of the deposit:
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall effect the right or claim which any person
may have against the person to whom any payment is made under this section.
(5) No notice of the claim of any person, other than the person or persons in whose name a deposit is
held by a non-banking institution, shall be receivable by the non-banking institution, nor shall the nonbanking institution be bound by any such notice even though expressly given to it:
Provided that where any decree order, certificate or other authority from a court of competent
jurisdiction relating to such deposit is produced before a non-banking institution, the non-banking
institution shall take due note of such decree, order, certificate or other authority.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by s. 8, ibid. (w.e.f. 9-1-1997).