Lawgist16Prohibition of common directors
1[16. Prohibition of common directors.--2[(1) No banking company incorporated in India shall have as a director in its Board of directors any person who is a director of any other banking company.
(1A) No banking company referred to in sub-section (1) shall have in its Board of directors, more than three directors who are directors of companies which among themselves are entitled to exercise voting rights in excess of twenty per cent.of the total voting rights of all the shareholders to that banking company.]
(2) If immediately before the commencement of the Banking Companies (Amendment) Act, 1956 (95 of 1956), any person holding office as a director of a banking company is also a director of companies which among themselves are entitled to exercise voting rights in excess of twenty per cent. of the total voting rights of all the share-holders of the banking company, he shall, within such period from such commencement as the Reserve Bank may specify in this behalf--
(a) either resign his office as a director of the banking company; or
(b) choose such number of companies as among themselves are not entitled to exercise voting rights in excess of twenty per cent. of the total voting rights of all the share-holders of the banking company as companies in which he wishes to continue to hold the office of a director and resign his office as a director in the other companies.]
3[(3) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to, or in relation to, any director appointed by the Reserve Bank.]
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1. Subs. by Act 95 of 1956, s. 5, for s. 16 (w.e.f. 14-1-1957).
2. Subs. by Act 20 of 1994, s. 7, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 31-1-1994).
3. Ins. by Act 58 of 1968, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-2-1969).
- 6 Form of business in which banking companies may engage
- 7 Use of words "bank", "banker", "banking" or "banking company"
- 8 Prohibition of trading
- 9 Disposal of non-banking assets
- 10 Prohibition of employment of managing agents and restrictions on certain forms of employment
- 10A Board of directors to include persons with professional or other experience
- 10B Banking company to be managed by whole time chairman
- 10BB Power of Reserve Bank to appoint chairman of the Board of directors appointed on a whole-time basis or a managing director of a banking company
- 10C Chairman and certain directors not to be required to hold qualification shares
- 10D Provisions of sections 10A and 10B to override all other laws, contracts, etc
- 11 Requirement as to minimum paid-up capital and reserves
- 12 Regulation of paid-up capital, subscribed capital and authorised capital and voting rights of shareholders
- 12A Election of new directors
- 12B Regulation of acquisition of shares or voting rights
- 13 Restriction on commission, brokerage, discount, etc., on sale of shares
- 14 Prohibition of charge on unpaid capital
- 14A Prohibition of floating charge on assets
- 15 Restrictions as to payment of dividend
- 16 Prohibition of common directors
- 17 Reserve Fund
- 18 Cash reserve
- 19 Restriction on nature of subsidiary companies
- 20 Restrictions on loans and advances
- 20A Restrictions on power to remit debts
- 21 Power of Reserve Bank to control advances by banking companies
- 21A Rates of interest charged by banking companies not to be subject to scrutiny by courts
- 22 Licensing of banking companies
- 23 Restrictions on opening of new, and transfer of existing, places of business
- 24 Maintenance of a percentage of assets
- 25 Assets in India
- 26 Return of unclaimed deposits
- 26A Establishment of Depositor Education and Awareness Fund
- 27 Monthly returns and power to call for other returns and information
- 28 Power to publish information
- 29 Accounts and balance-sheet
- 29A Power in respect of associate enterprises
- 30 Audit
- 31 Submission of returns
- 32 Copies of balance-sheets and accounts to be sent to registrar
- 33 Display of audited balance-sheet by companies incorporated outside India
- 34 Accounting provision of this Act not retrospective
- 34A Production of documents of confidential nature
- 35 Inspection
- 35A Power of the Reserve Bank to give directions
- 35AA Power of the Central Government to authorize Reserve Bank for issuing directions to banking companies to initiate insolvency resolution process
- 35AB Power of Reserve Bank to issue directions in respect of stressed assets
- 35B Amendments of provisions relating to appointments of managing directors, etc., to be subject to previous approval of the Reserve Bank
- 36 Further powers and functions of Reserve Bank
- 36A Certain provisions of the Act not to apply to certain banking companies
