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Section 20 — Restrictions on loans and advance s

From: The Banking Regulation Act, 1949

20. Restrictions on loans and advance s.

(1)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in section 77 of the Companies Act, 1956, (1 of 1956 ) no banking company shall, -
(a)grant any loans or advances on the security of its own shares, or
(b)enter into any commitment for granting any loan or advance to or on behalf of -
(i)any of its directors,
(ii)any firm in which any of its directors is interested as partner, manager, employee or guarantor, or
(iii)any company (not being a subsidiary of the banking company or a company registered under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), or a Govern ment company) of which 3[, or the subsidiary or the holding comp any of which] any of the directors of the banking company is a director, managing agent, manager, employee or guarantor or i n which he holds substantial interest, or
(iv)any individual in respect of whom any of its directors is a partner or guarantor.
(2)Where any loan or advance granted by a banking company is such that a commitment for granting it could not have been made if clause ( b) of sub -section ( 1) had been in force on the date on which the loan or advance was made, or is granted by a banking company after the commencement of