Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
28A. Issue of special bank notes and special one rupee
notes in certain cases
(1) For the purpose of controlling the circulation of bank notes
without India, the Bank may, notwithstanding anything contained in any other
provision of this Act, issue bank notes of such design, form and material as
may be approved under sub-section (3) (hereinafter in this section referred to
as special bank notes) of the denominational values of five rupees, ten rupees
and one hundred rupees.
(2) For the purpose of controlling the circulation of Government
of India one rupee notes without India, the Central Government may,
notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act or in the
Currency Ordinance, 1940 (Ordinance 4 of 1940), issue Government of India notes
of the denominational value of one rupee of such design, form and material as
may be adopted under sub-section (3) (hereinafter in this section referred to
as special one rupee notes).
(3) The design, form and material of the special bank notes
shall be such as may be approved by the Central Government after consideration
of the recommendations made by the Governor and of the special one rupee notes
shall be such as the Central Government may think fit to adopt.
(4) Neither the special bank notes nor the special one rupee
notes shall be legal tender in India.
(5) The special one rupee note shall be deemed to be included in
the expression "rupee coin" for all the purposes of this Act except
section 39, but shall be deemed not to be a currency note for any of the
purposes of this Act.
(6) Where a special bank note is on its face expressed to be
payable at a specified office or branch of the Bank, obligation imposed by
section 39 shall be only on the specified office or branch and, further, shall
be subject to such regulations as may be made under this section.
(7) The Bank may, with the previous sanction of the Central
Government make regulations to provide for all matters for which provision is
necessary or convenient for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of
this section, and, in particular, the manner in which, and the conditions or
limitations subject to which-
(i) bank notes and one rupee notes in
circulation in any country outside India may be replaced by special notes
issued under this section;
(ii) any such special notes may be exchanged
for any other bank notes or one rupee notes.