Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
45JA. Power of bank to determine policy and
issue directions
(1) If the bank is satisfied that, in the public interest or to
regulate the financial system of the country to its advantage or to prevent the
affairs of any non-banking financial company being conducted in a manner
detrimental to the interest of the depositors or in a manner prejudicial to the
interest of the non-banking financial company, it is necessary or expedient so
to do, it may determine the policy and give directions to all or any of the
non-banking financial companies relating to income recognition, accounting
standards, making of proper provision for bad and doubtful debts, capital
adequacy based on risk weights for assets and credit conversion factors for off
balance-sheet items and also relating to deployment of funds by a non-banking
financial company or a class of non-banking financial companies or non-banking
financial companies generally, as the case may be, and such non-banking
financial companies shall be bound to follow the policy so determined and the
directions so issued.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers vested
under sub-section (1), the bank may give directions to non-banking financial
companies generally or to a class of non-banking financial companies or to any
non-banking financial company in particular as to-
(a) the purpose for which advances or other
fund based or non-fund based accommodation may not be made; and
(b) the maximum amount of advances or other
financial accommodation or investment in shares and other securities which,
having regard to the paid-up capital, reserves and deposits of the non-banking financial
company and other relevant considerations, may be made by that non-banking
financial company to any person or a company or to a group of companies.]