Banking Regulation Act, 1949
14A. Prohibition of floating charge on assets
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in
section 6, no banking company shall create a floating charge on the undertaking
or any property of the company or any part thereof, unless the creation of such
floating charge is certified in writing by the Reserve Bank as not being
detrimental to the interests of the depositors of such company.
(2) Any such charge created without obtaining
the certificate of the Reserve Bank shall be invalid.
(3) Any banking company aggrieved by the
refusal of certificate under sub-section (1) may, within ninety days from the
date on which such refusal is communicated to it, appeal to the Central
Government.
(4) The decision of the Central Government
where an appeal has been preferred to it under sub-section (3) or of the Reserve
Bank where no such appeal has been preferred shall be final.