The Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976
28. Indemnity of directors,
etc
1. A
director or a member of a committee of a Regional Rural Bank shall not be
responsible for any loss or expense caused to such bank by insufficiency or
deficiency of the value of, or title to, any property or security acquired or
taken on behalf of a Regional Rural Bank or by the insolvency or wrongful act
of any customer or debtor or anything done in, or in relation to, the execution
of the duties of his office, unless such loss, expense, insufficiency or
deficiency was due to any wilful act or default on the part of such director or
member.
2. The
Chairman of a Regional Rural Bank and every officer of the Central Government
or State Government or an officer of the Reserve Bank or the Sponsor Bank and
every officer or other employee of a Regional Rural Bank shall be indemnified
by such bank against all losses and expenses incurred by him in, or in relation
to, the discharge of his duties except such as have been caused by his own
wilful act or default.