Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
28. Recovery of notes lost, stolen, mutilated or imperfect
Notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment or rule of
law to the contrary, no person shall of right be entitled to recover from the
Central Government or the Bank, the value of any lost, stolen, mutilated or
imperfect currency note of the Government of India or bank note:
PROVIDED that the Bank may, with the previous sanction
of the Central Government, prescribe the circumstances in and the conditions
and limitations subject to which the value of such currency notes or bank notes
may be refunded as of grace and the rules made under this proviso shall be laid
on the table of Parliament. 18[***]