Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
45QB. Nomination by depositors
(1) Where a deposit is held by a non-banking financial
institution to the credit of one or more persons, the depositor or, as the case
may be, all the depositors together may nominate, in the manner prescribed by
rules made by the Central Government under section 45ZA of the Banking
Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), one person to whom in the event of the death
of the sole depositor or the death of all the depositors, the amount of deposit
may be returned by the non-banking financial institution.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the
time being in force or in any disposition, whether testamentary or otherwise,
in respect of such deposit, where a nomination made purports to confer on any
person the right to receive the amount of deposit from the non-banking
financial institution, the nominee shall, on the death of the sole depositor
or, as the case may be, on the death of all the depositors, become entitled to
all the rights of the sole depositor or, as the case may be, of the depositors,
in relation to such deposit to the exclusion of all other persons, unless the
nomination is varied or cancelled in the manner prescribed by rules made by the
Central Government under section 45ZA of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10
of 1949).
(3) Where the nominee is a minor, it shall be lawful for the
depositor making the nomination to appoint, in the manner prescribed by rules
made by the Central Government under section 45ZA of the Banking Regulation
Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), any person to receive the amount of deposit in the
event of his death during the minority of the nominee.
(4) Payment by a non-banking financial institution in accordance
with the provisions of this section shall constitute a full discharge to the
non-banking financial institution of its liability in respect of the deposit:
PROVIDED that nothing contained in this sub-section
shall affect the right or claim which any person may have against the person to
whom any payment is made under this section.
(5) No notice of the claim of any person, other than the person
or persons in whose name a deposit is held by a non-banking financial
institution, shall be receivable by the non-banking institution, nor shall the
non-banking financial institution be bound by any such notice even though
expressly given to it:
PROVIDED that where any decree, order, certificate or
other authority from a court of competent jurisdiction relating to such deposit
is produced before a non-banking institution, the non-banking institution shall
take due note of such decree, order, certificate or other authority.]