Government Securities Act 2006
2.
Definitions. -
In
this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
a. "agent"
means a scheduled bank within the meaning of clause (e) of section 2 of the
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, or any other person specified as such;
b. "Bank"
means the Reserve Bank of India constituted under section 3 of the Reserve Bank
of India Act, 1934;
c. "bond ledger
account" means an account with the Bank or an agent in which the
Government securities are held in a dematerialised form at the credit of the
holder;
d. "constituents'
subsidiary general ledger account" means a subsidiary general ledger
account opened and maintained with the Bank by an agent on behalf of the
constituents of such agent;
e. "Government",
in relation to any Government security, means the Central or State Government
issuing the security;
f. "Government
security" means a security created and issued by the Government for the
purpose of raising a public loan or for any other purpose as may be notified by
the Government in the Official Gazette and having one of the forms mentioned in
section 3;
g. "prescribed"
means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;
h. "promissory
note" includes a treasury bill;
i. "specified"
means specified by the Bank in the Official Gazette.