Banking Regulation Act, 1949
7. Use of words "bank", "banker", "banking" or "banking company"
(1) No company other than a banking company
shall use as part of its name 15[or, in connection with its business] any of
the words "bank", "banker" or "banking" and no
company shall carry on the business of banking in India unless it uses as part
of its name at least one of such words.
(2) No firm, individual or group of
individuals shall, for the purpose of carrying on any business, use as part of
its or his name any of the words "bank", "banking" or
"banking company".
(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to-
(a) a subsidiary of a
banking company formed for one or more of the purposes mentioned in sub-section
(1) of section 19, whose name indicates that it is a subsidiary of that banking
company;
(b) any association of
banks formed for the protection of their mutual interests and registered under
section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956).]