Banking Regulation Act, 1949
45Z. Return of paid instruments to customers
(1) Where a banking company is required by its
customer to return to him a paid instrument before the expiry of the period
specified by rules made under section 45Y, the banking company shall not return
the instrument except after making and keeping in its possession a true copy of
all relevant parts of such instrument, such copy being made by a mechanical or
other process which in itself ensures the accuracy of the copy.
(2) The banking company shall be entitled to
recover from the customer the cost of making such copies of the instrument.
Explanation: In this section,
"customer" includes a government department and a corporation
incorporated by or under any law.