Export-Import Bank of India Act, 1981
30. Obligation as to
fidelity and secrecy.-
1.
The
Exim Bank shall not, except as otherwise required by this Act or any other law,
divulge any information relating to, or to the affairs of, its constituents
except in circumstances in which it is, in accordance with the law or practice
and usage customary among bankers, necessary or appropriate for the Exim Bank
to divulge such information.
2.
The
Exim Bank may, for the purpose of efficient discharge of its functions under
this Act, collect from, or furnish to, the Central Government, the Development
Bank or any scheduled bank or such other financial institution, as may be
notified in the Official Gazette by the Central Government in this behalf,
credit information or other information as it may consider useful for the
purpose, in such manner and at such times, as it may think fit.
Explanation.--For the purpose of this
sub-section, the expression "credit information" shall have the same
meaning as in clause (c) of section 45A of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
(2 of 1934), subject to the modification that "banking company"
referred to therein shall mean the Development Bank, any scheduled bank or
other financial institution as aforesaid.
1.
2.
3.
Every
director, member of a committee, auditor or officer or other employee of the
Exim Bank or of the Development Bank whose services are utilised by the Exim
Bank under the provisions of this Act, shall, before entering upon his duties,
make a declaration of fidelity and secrecy in the form set out in the First
Schedule.