Companies Act, 1956
Sec 417 - Employees' securities to be deposited in
post office savings bank or Scheduled Bank.
(1) Any money or security deposited with a
company by any of its employee in pursuance of his contract of service with the
company shall be kept or deposited by the company within fifteen days from the
date of deposit
(a) in a post office savings bank account, or
(b) in a special account to be opened by the
company for the purpose in the State Bank of India or in a Scheduled Bank, or
(c) where the company itself is a Scheduled
Bank, in a special account to be opened by the company for the purpose either
in itself or in the State Bank of India or in any other Scheduled Bank.
(2) No portion of such moneys or securities
shall be utilized by the company except for the purposes agreed to in the
contracts of service.
(3) A receipt for moneys deposited with a
company by its employee shall not be deemed to be a security within the meaning
of this section ; and the moneys themselves shall accordingly be deposited as
provided in sub-section (1).