Voluntary Deposits (Immunities and Exemptions) Act, 1991
5. Amendment of Act
53 of 1987.-
In the National
Housing Bank Act, 1987,--
a.
in
section 14,-- (i) in clause (b), after the words "scheduled banks",
the words "or to any authority established by or under any Central, State
or Provincial Act and engaged in slum clearance" shall be inserted; (ii)
after clause (h), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-- "(hh)
formulating a scheme for the purpose of accepting deposits referred to in
clause (a) of section 2 of the Voluntary Deposits (Immunities and Exemptions)
Act, 1991 and crediting forty per cent. of the amount of such deposits to a
special fund created under section 37;";
b.
in
section 15, in sub-section (1), to clause (c), the following proviso shall be
added, namely:-- "that nothing contained in this clause shall
apply to deposits accepted under the scheme formulated by the Bank in pursuance
of clause (hh) of section 14;";
c.
in
section 55, in sub-section (5), for the word "regulation"; wherever
it occurs, the words "regulation or scheme" shall be substituted.