Banking Regulation Act, 1949
26. Return of unclaimed deposits
Every banking company shall, within thirty
days after the close of each calendar year, submit a return in the prescribed
form and manner to the Reserve Bank as at the end of such calendar year of all
accounts 113[in India] which have not been operated upon for ten years 114[* *
*]:
PROVIDED that in the case of money deposited
for a fixed period the said term of ten years shall be reckoned from the date
of the expiry of such fixed period:
PROVIDED FURTHER that every Regional
Rural Bank shall also furnish a copy of the said return to the National Bank.