Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970
2.Definitions.-
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,------
(a) "appointed day" means the 14th day of February,
1970 (3 of 1970), being the day on which the Banking Companies (Acquisition and
Transfer of Undertakings) Ordinance, 1970, was promulgated;
(b) "banking company" does not include a foreign
company 5 within the meaning of section 591 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of
1956);
(c) "commencement of this Act" means the 19th day of
July, 1969;
(d) "corresponding new bank", in relation to an
existing bank, means the body corporate specified against such bank in column 2
of the First Schedule;
(e) "Custodian" means the person who becomes, or is
appointed, a Custodian under section 7;
(f) "existing bank" means a banking company specified
in column 1 of the First Scheduled, being a company the deposits of which, as
shown in the return as on the last Friday of June, 1969, furnished to the
Reserve Bank under section 27 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, were not
less than rupees fifty crores;
(g) "Schedule" means a Scheduled to this Act;
(h) words and expressions used herein and not defined but
defined in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, have the meanings respectively
assigned to them in that Act.