Banking Regulation Act, 1949
45ZA. Nomination for payment of depositors'
money
(1) Where a deposit is held by a banking
company to the credit of one or more persons, the depositor or, as the case may
be, all the depositors together, may nominate, in the prescribed manner, 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 banking
company.
(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
in the prescribed manner purports to confer on any person the right to receive
the amount of deposit from the banking company, 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 depositor, in relation to such deposit to the exclusion of
all other persons, unless the nomination is varied or cancelled in the
prescribed manner.
(3) Where the nominee is a minor, it shall be
lawful for the depositor making the nomination to appoint in, the prescribed
manner any person to receive the amount of deposit in the event of his death
during the minority of the nominee.
(4) Payment by a banking company in accordance
with the provisions of this section shall constitute a full discharge to the
banking company to 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.