LawgistThe Chit Funds Act
86Banks not to conduct chit business
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no bank shall commence or carry on chit business after the commencement of this Act.
(2) Where a chit had been started by any bank before such commencement, such chit may be continued after such commencement until it is completed, and the provisions of the chit agreement and such laws, if any, as were applicable to it immediately before the commencement of this Act shall apply to such chit.
Explanation.-- For the purposes of this section "bank" means an approved bank or a co-operative bank as defined in clause (bii) of section 2 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934).
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MISCELLANEOUS
- 73 Advisory role of Reserve Bank
- 74 Appeals
- 75 Powers of Registrar to give extension of time for filing documents
- 76 Penalties
- 77 Penalty for second and subsequent convictions
- 78 Application of fine
- 79 Offences by companies
- 80 Cognizance of offences
- 81 Power to compound offences
- 82 Power to enter and search any place and to seize any documents
- 83 Officers to be public servants
- 84 Power to delegate
- 85 Act not to apply to certain chits
- 86 Banks not to conduct chit business
- 87 Power to exempt
- 88 Protection of action taken under the Act
- 89 Power to make rules
- 90 Repeal and saving
