Government Securities Act 2006
31.
Certain laws not to apply to Government securities. -
1. The Public Debt Act,
1944 shall cease to apply to the Government securities to which this Act
applies and to all matters for which provisions have been made by this Act.
2. Notwithstanding such cessation
anything done or any action taken in the exercise of any power conferred by or
under that Act shall be deemed to have been done or taken in the exercise of
the powers conferred by or under this Act as if this Act was in force at all
material times.
3. Nothing contained in
the Depositories Act, 1996 or the regulations made thereunder shall apply to
Government securities covered by this Act unless an agreement is executed to
the contrary by any depository under the Depositories Act, 1996 with the Government
or the Bank, as the case may be.