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PART II- Section 3- Sub - section ( ii )

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No. 27) NEW DELHI , THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1964 / MAGHA 10, 1885

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(Department of Economic Affairs )

NOTIFICATIONS

New Delhi , the 30th January 1964

9.0 . 423. Whereas on the application of the Reserve Bank of India under sub - section ( 1 ) of section 45 of the Banking Companies Act , 1949 (Act 10 of 1949 ). the Central Government has made an order of moratorium in respect of the Metropolitan Bank Ltd. , Calcutta under sub - section ( 2 ) of the said section .

And whereas the Reserve Bank of India in exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section ( 4 ) of section 45 of the said Act has prepared a scheme for the amalga- mation of the Metropolitan Bank Ltd. , with the United Industrial Bank Ltd.

And Whereas the Reserve Bank after having sent the said scheme in draft to the banks concerned in accordance with the provisions of sub- section ( 6 ) of the said section and after having considered the suggestions and objections received In regard to the said scheme has modified that scheme and forwarded it to the Central Government for sanction ,

Now, therefore , in exercise of the powers conferred by sub - section ( 7 ) of section of the said Act , the Central Government hereby sanctions the scheme on and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned .

(1) The Metropolitan Bank Ltd. , shall be the transferor bank and the United ladustrial Bank Ltd. , shall be the transferee bank .

( 2) As from the date which the Central Government may, specify for this purpose under sub - section ( 7 ) of section 45 of the said Act ( hereinafter referred to as the prescribed date ) all rights , powers , claims , demands , interests , authorities , privileges , benefits , assets and properties of the transferor bank , movable and Im- movable, including premises subject to all incidents of tenure and to the rents and other sums of money and covenants reserved by or contained in the leases or agreements under which they are held , all office furniture , loose equipment , plant, apparatus and appliances , books , papers , stocks of stationery , other stocks and stores , all investments in stocks , shares and securities , all bills receivable in hand and in transit , all cash in hand and on current or deposit account ( including money at call or short notice)short notice) with banks , bullion , all book debts mortgage debts and other debts with the benefit of securities or any guarantee therefor , all other , if any , property rights and assets of every description including all rights of action and benefit of all guarantees in connection with the business of the transferor bank shall, subject to the other provisions of this scheme stand transferred to , and become the properties and assets of, the transferee bank ; and as from the prescribed date all the lHabilities , dutiesdes and obligations of the transferor bank shall be and shall become the liabilities, duties and obligations of the transferee bank to the extent and in the manner provided hereinafter.

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Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions , all contracts , deeds , bonds , agreements , powers of attorney , grants of legal representation and other instruments of whatever nature subsisting or having effect immediately be- fore the prescribed date shall be effective to the extent and in the manner here- inafter provided against or in favour of the transferee bank and may be acted upo as if instead of the transferor bank the transferee bank had been a party thereto or as if they had been Issued in favour of the transferee bank .

If on the prescribed date any suit , appeal or other legal proceeding of whatever nature by or against the transferor bank is pending , the same shall not abate , or be discontinued or be in any way prejudicially affected, but shall , subject to the other provisions of this scheme , be prosecuted and enforced by or against the transferee bank .

If the transferor bank was acting immediately before the prescribed date as a foreman in respect of any chit fund , the rights , duties and obligations in relation to the chit fund shall be regulated in accordance with the following provisions , namely,-

( i ) the transferee bank shall become the foreman of the chit fund and shall continue to exercise all powers and to do all such acts and things as would have been exercised or done by the transferor bank , in so far as they are not inconsistent with this scheme ;

( ii ) the funds , if any , of the chit fund lent to or deposited with the transferor bank , or otherwise due from that bank to the chit fund , shall be transferred to the transferee bank and the liabilities corresponding te such funds shall also be payable by the transferee bank in accordance with the other provisions of this scheme;

( iii ) if on the prescribed date the transferor bank in its capacity as the foreman of any chit fund has deposited any security for the due performance of its duties and obligations in relation to the said chit fund, the said security shall continue to be available for the purposes for which it was intended , but shall if and to the extent that it is subsequently released , be transferred to and vest in the transferee bank provided that the said security or as the case may be the surplus , if any , after providing for the discharge of the duties or obligations in respect of the chit fund shall be valued and utilised for the purposes of this scheme .

If according to the laws of any country outside India the provisions of this scheme, by themselves , are not effective to transfer or vest any asset or liability situated in that country which forms part of the undertaking of the transferor bank to or in the transferee bank , the affairs of the transferor bank in relation to suckh asset or liability shall , on the prescribed date , stand entrusted to the chief execu- tive officer for the time being of the transferee bank and the chief executive officer may exercise all powers and do all such acts and things as would have been exercised or done by the transferor bank for the purpose of effectively winding up its affairs . The chief executive officer shall take all such steps as may be required by the laws of any such country outside India for the purpose of effecting such transfer or vesting and in connection therewith the chief executive officer may , either himself or through any person authorised by him in this behalf , realise any asset or discharge any liability of the transferor bank and transfer the net pro- ceeds thereof to the transferee bank .

( 3 ) The books of the transferer bank shall be closed and balanced and balance sheets prepared in the first instance as at the close of business on the 5th October , 1963 and thereafter as at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the prescribed date and the balance sheets shall be got audited and certified by a chartered accountant or a firm of chartered accountants approved or nominated by the Reserve Bank of India for the purpose .

A copy each of the balance sheets of the transferor bank prepared in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing paragraph , shall be led by the transferor bank with the Registrar of Companies as soon as possible after it has been received and thereafter the transferor bank shall not be required to prepare balance sheets or profit and loss accounts , or to lay the same before its members or file copies thereof with the Registrar of Companies or to hold any annual general meeting for the purpose of considering the balance sheet and accounts or for any other purpose or to comply with the provisions of section 159 of the Companies Act , 1956 : and it shall not thereafter be necessary for the Board of Directors of the transferor bank to meet as required by section 285 of that Act .

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( 4 ) I. The transferee bank shall in consultation with the transferor bank, value the property and assets and reckon the liabilities of the transferor bank in accordance with the following provisions , namely ,

( a ) Investments including Government securities shall be valued at the market rates prevailing on the day immediately preceding the prescribed date provided that the securities of the Central Govern- ment such as Post Office Certificates , Treasury Savings Deposit Certificates and any other securities or certificates issued under the small savings scheme of the Central Government shall be valued at their face value or the encashable value as on the said date , whichever is higher .

( b ) Where the market value of any Government security such as the Zamindari abolition bonds or other similar security in respect of which the principal is payable in instalments is not ascertainable or is , for any reason , not considered as reflecting the fair value thereof or as otherwise appropriate , the security shall be valued at such an amount as is considered reasonable having regard to the instalments of principal and interest remaining to be paid , the period during which such instalments are payable , the yield of any security issued by the Government to which the security pertains and having the same or approximately the same maturity , and other relevant factors .

( c ) Where the market value of any security , share , debenture , bond or other investment is not considered reasonable by reason of its having been affected by abnormal factors , the investment may be valued on the basis of its average market value over any reasonable period .

( d) Where the market value of any security , share , debenture , bond or other investment is not ascertainable only such value , if any , shall be taken into account as is considered reasonable , having regard to the financial position of the issuing concern , the dividends paid by it during the preceding five years and other relevant factors .

( e ) Premises and all other immovable properties and any assets acquired in satisfaction of claims shall be valued at their market value .

( f) Furniture and fixtures , stationery in stock and other assets , if any , shall be valued at the written down value as per books or the realisable value as may be considered reasonable .

( g ) Advances including bills purchased and discounted book debts and sundry assets , will be scrutinised by the transferee bank and the securities , including guarantees , held as cover therefor examined and verifled by the transferec bank . Thereafter , the advances , including portions thereof , will be classified into two categories , namely , "Advances considered good and readily realisable " and "Advances considered not readily realisable and / or bad or doubtful of recovery" .

II. Liabilities for purposes of this scheme shall include all contingent liabilities which the transferee bank may reasonably be expected or required to meet out of its own resources on or after the prescribed date .

III . Where the valuation of any asset cannot be determined on the prescribed date , it may , with the approval of the Reserve Bank of India be treated partly or wholly as an asset realisable at a later date .

In the event of any disagreement between the transferce bank and the trans- feror bank as regards the valuation of any asset or the classification of any advance or the determination of any liability , the matter shall be referred to the Reserve Bank of India whose opinion shall be final , provided that until such an opinion is received , the valuation of the item or portion thereof by the transferee bank shall provisionally be adopted for the purpose of this scheme .

It shall be competent for the Reserve Bank in the event of its becoming necessary to do so to obtain such technical advice as it may consider to be appropriate in connection with the valuation of any such item of asset or determination of any such item of liability , and the cost of obtaining such advice shall be payable in full out of the assets of the transferor bank .

The valuation of the assets and the determination of the liabilities in accordance with the foregoing provisions shall be binding on both the banks and the members and creditors thereof .

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(5) In consideration of the transfer of the property and the assets of the trans- feror bank to the transferee bank the transferee bank shall discharge the liabilities of the transferor bank to the extent mentioned in this and the succeeding paragraphs.

(a) The outside liabilities other than deposits as on the prescribed date shall be paid or provided for in full .

Explanation . For the purposes of this paragraph , interest payable on deposit up to the prescribed date shall be regarded as part of the concerned deposit .

(b) In respect of every savings bank account or current account or any other deposit including a fixed deposit , cash certificate , monthly deposit , deposit payable at call or short notice or any other deposit by whatever name called with the transferor bank and every other account not covered by clause ( a ) , including interest to the extent payable under this scheme , the transferee bank shall open with itself on the prescribed date a corresponding and similar account in the name of the respective holder ( s ) thereof crediting thereto the pro rata share available in respect of each of the accounts out of the assets referred to in paragraph ( 4 ) as valued for the purposes of this scheme on the prescribed date , after excluding from the said assets as so valued the advances considered not readily realisable or bad or doubtful of recovery , any asset or portion of an asset not valued on the prescribed date and any amount needed for the payments or pro- visions mentioned at clause ( a ) above and after adding to the said assets as so valued the aggregate amount of the payments made in terms of clause ( 1 ) of paragraph 2 of the moratorium order dated the 5th October , 1963 issued to the transferor bank.

Provided that any payment made from a deposit account on or after the 6th October 1963 and before the prescribed date , shall be reckoned towards the amount to be credited under this sub - paragraph and , accordingly the amount to be credited shall be the pro rata share less the amount of such payment ,

Provided, however , that where the transferee bank entertains a reasonable doubt about the correctness of the entries made in any particular account , it may with the approval of the Reserve Bank, withhold the credit to be made in that account in terms of clause ( b ) above till the transferee bank is able to ascertain the correct balance in such account .

Explanation . The term 'pro rata' shall in so far as it occurs in this para- graph, mean ' in proportion to the respective amounts remaining due as at the close of business on thehe 5th October 1963 ' ( inclusive of interest payable up to that date ) and shall, insofar as it occurs else- where in this scheme , mean ' in proportion to the respective amounts remaining due at the time of the payment or distribution' .

( c) After the credits referred to in clause ( b ) above have been afforded, the transferee bank shall, with the least possible delay but in any case not later than three months from the prescribed date, furnish to the Deposit Insurance Corporation established under the Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, 1961 ( hereinafter referred to as the Corporation) a list complying in all respects with the requirements of sub -section ( 1 ) of section 18 of that Act and thereafter whenever amounts referred to in sub - section ( 2 ) of section 18 of that Act are received from the Corporation the transferee bank shall credit each of the accounts referred to in clause ( b ) above, within seven days from the date or dates on which the amounts are received, to the extent of the sums due to that account in accordance with sub- section ( 2) of section 18 of that Act:

Provided that-

(a) if any account referred to in clause ( b) has been closed or has matured for payment at the time when any amount for credit to that account is received from the Corporation , the payment to the person entitled to the said amount shall be made by the transferee bank in cash;

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(b) in case the person entitled to any amount referred to in clause (b ) cannot be found or is not readily traceable , provision for the amount due to such person shall be made and accounted for separately on the books of the Corporation itself and it shall not be necessary for the Corporation to pay the amounts to the transferee bank unless the person entitled to the amount is found or traced and the Corporation has decided to make the payment in respect of that person through the transferee bank.

(d) On the prescribed date , the entire amount of the paid - up capital and reserves of the transferor bank shall be treated as provision for bad and doubtful debts and depreciation in other assets of the transferor bank and the rights of the members of the transferor bank shall, in relation to the transferee bank, be as provided for in paragraph ( 8) below.

(6) In respect of

(a) every account mentioned in clause (b ) of the preceding paragraph, the balance in the account , if any , remaining uncredited in terms of that clause and clause ( c) ause ( c) and

(b ) every share in the transferor bank, the amount which was treated pald-up towards share capital by or on behalf of each shareholder immediately before the prescribed date

shall be treated as a collection account and shall be entered as such on the books of the transferee bank and payments against the account shall be made in the following manner , namely ,

(1 ) the transferee bank shall , in respect of the advances , bills purchased and discounted, book debts and sundry debts and other assets, which are classified as "Advances considered not readily realisable and/or bad or doubtful of recovery " , or which are or may be realisable wholly or partly after the prescribed date in terms of paragraph ( 4) above, take having regard to the circumstances of each case to demand and enforce payment, pro- vided, however, that if the amount of a debt or asset exceed Rs. 3,000 the transferee bank shall not except with the approval of the Reserve Bank of India above, take all available steps hav

(a) enter into a compromise or arrangement with the debtor or any other person or write off any such debt or asset;

(b) sell or otherwise dispose of any securities transferred to it or any asset taken over by it.

( ii) the transferee bank shall in addition take all available steps having regard to the circumstances of each case to demand and enforce the payment of the amounts , if any, awarded as damages by the High Court against any promoter , director , manager or other officer of the transferor bank under section 45L of the Banking Companies Act read with section 45H thereof and also with section 543 of the Companies Act , 1956;

( iii) the transferee bank may , out of the realisations effected by it on account of the items mentioned in clauses ( i ) and ( ii ) above , make payment or provision in respect of any contingent liability to the extent that the provision made therefor under paragraph 5 ( a) proves to be inadequate , as also, with the prior approval of the Reserve Bank, in respect of any liability whether contingent absolute which was not assessed in terms of paragraph ( 4 ) above and has arisen or been discovered on or after the prescribed date; or

( iv) the transferee bank shall , out of the realisations effected by it on account of the items mentioned in clauses ( i ) and ( ii ) above after deducting therefrom the expenditure incurred for the purpose and, with the approval of the Reserve Bank of India , such other expenses as may be considered reasonable and the amount appropriated herefrom in terms of clause ( iii ) above , or out of the balance , if any, which may be available from out of the provision in respect of contingent liabilities as reckoned for the purposes of this scheme after the extent of such liabilities has finally been ascertained;

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( a ) pay to the Corporation the amount received by the transferee bank from the Corporation under sub - section ( 2 ) of section 18 of the Deposit Insurance Corporation Act , 1961 and the amount , if any , provided for by the Corporation ; and

( b ) pay, in the case of depositors in respect of whom to amounts have been received by the transferee bank from the Corporation , the amounts due in respect of the collection accounts , and in the case of depositors in respect of whom any amounts have been received by the transferee bank from the Corporation or have been provid- ed for by the Corporation the balance if any due to them in their collection accounts after the amounts due from the said accounts to the Corporation in respect of the payment made or provided for by the Corporation have first been paid in accordance with the provisions of sub- clause ( a ) above :

Provided that the amount due to the Corporation shall , if it becomes neces- sary so to do , be provided for on the books of the transferee bank and be paid to the Corporation in the manner specified in clause ( b ) of regulation 22 of the Deposit Insurance Corporation General Regulations , 1961:

Provided further that the transferee bank shall make the payments referred to in clause ( b ) above,

(1 ) if the corresponding or similar account mentioned in clause ( b ) of paragraph ( 5 ) has not been closed or has not matured for payment , by credit to that account , and

( ii ) if the said account has been closed or has matured for payment , in cash,

(v) The amounts due to the Corporation in terms of sub -clause ( a ) of clause (iv) above and the amounts due to the collection accounts of the depositors in terms of sub -clause ( b ) of that clause shall rank equally among themselves , and if they cannot be paid in full shall abate in equal proportions .

(vi ) After the payments referred to in clause ( Iv ) of this paragraph have been made or provided for in full , the transferee bank shall , out of the balance of the amounts referred to in clause ( Iv ) which may be avail- able to it , make payments pro rata towards the amounts , if any , due to the accounts of the former shareholders of the transferor bank:

Provided that the transferee bank shall give to any person to whom any pay- ment may be due under this clause such reasonable notice , not exceed- ing three months and not being less than one month as it may consider appropriate of the payment being due , and

(a) if during the period of this notice a request has not been received in writing for the payment of the amount due in cash and if the amount of the payment due is also not less than the highest closing price of an ordinary share in the transferee bank as quoted on any recognised stock exchange on or immediately before the date on which the notice is issued , or where the ordinary share of the transferce bank is not quoted on any recognised stock exchange the price of the share as determined by the Reserve Bank , the transferee bank shall allot to the payee a share or shares in the transferee bank to the extent possible and disburse in cash the balance , if any , of the amount which may be due; and

(b) if the conditions mentioned in sub - clause ( a) above are not fulfilled the transferee bank shall disburse the amount in cash :

Provided further that

( a) the allotment of the shares or the payments aforesaid shall in each case be made before the end of six months from the date on which notice of the payment falling due is deemed to have been served in accordance with the provisions of this scheme; and

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transferee bank to issue the shares , in the manner and to the extent specifled for the purpose of this scheme .

(vii ) the amounts due to the collection accounts referred to in this paragraph shall be deemed to be a liability of the transferee bank only to the extent provided for in this scheme .

(viii ) on the expiry of twelve years from the prescribed date or such earlier period as the Central Government after consulting the Reserve Bank of India may specify for this purpose , any item referred to in clause ( i ) of this paragraph which may not have been realised by that date shall be valued by the transferee bank in consultation with the Reserve Bank and the transferee bank shall distribute any amount or amounts determined in the light of that valuation after deducting therefrom first any sum necessary for meeting the Habilities referred to in clause ( iii ) of this paragraph which may remain unsatisfied as on that date in the order and the manner provided in clauses ( iv ) , ( v ) and ( vi ) above .

( 7 ) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any contract , express or implied , no interest shall accrue on account of a deposit or other liability in any account mentioned in paragraphs ( 5 ) and ( 6 ) after the date of the moratorium and interest shall be paid only in respect of the new accounts opened with the transferee bank in terms of paragraph ( 5 ) and credited in accordance with the provisions of that or the next succeeding paragraph and only at such rates as the transferee bank may allow .

( 8 ) No depositor or other creditor of the transferor bank shall be entitled to make any demand against the transferor bank or the transferce bank in respect of any liability of the transferor bank to him except to the extent prescribed by this scheme .

( 9) No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Central Government , the Reserve Bank of India or the transferee or the transferor banks for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this scheme .

(10) All the employees of the transferor bank other than those specified in the schedule referred to in the succeeding paragraph shall continue in service and be deemed to have been appointed by the transferee bank at the same remuneration and on the same terms and conditions of service as were applicable to such employees immediately before the 6th October 1963 :

Prov led that the employees of the transferor bank who have , by notice in writing given to the transferor or the transferee bank at any time before the expiry of one month next following the date on which this scheme has been sanc- tioned by the Central Government, intimated their intention of not becoming employees of the transferee bank , shall be entitled to the payment of such compen- sation, if any , under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act , 1947 and such pension, gratuity , provident fund and other retirement benefits as may be ordi- narily admissible under the rules or authorisations of the transferor bank imme- diately before the 6th October 1963 :

Provided further that the transferec bank shall in respect of the employees of the transferor bank who are deemed to have been appointed as employees of the transferee bank be deemed also to have taken over liability for the payment of retrenchment compensation in the event of their being retrenched while in the service of the transferee bank on the basis that their service has been continuous and has not been interrupted by their transfer to the transferee bank .

( 11 ) The persons specified in the schedule annexed to this scheme shall on the prescribed date cease to be the employees of the transferor bank and notwith- standing anything contained in any law for the time being in force or any agree- ment or contract, the persons so specified shall be entitled to and only to such pension, gratuity , provident fund and other retirement benefits as may be ordi- narily admissible to them under the rules or authorisations of the transferor bank immediately before the 6th October 1963 :

Provided that the compensation if any for the loss of employment , so far as it relates to the unexpired portion of any contract of service , shall be such and only such as may be determined by the Reserve Bank ( whose determination in this respect shall be final and binding ) :

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Provided further that nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent the transferee bank from re-employing any person whose name has been specified in the schedule annexed to this scheme in such capcapacity and on such terms and condi tions as the transferee bank may deem fit,

(12) The transferee bank shall , on the expiry of a period not longer than three years from the date on which this scheme is sanctioned pay or grant to the era- ployees of the transferor bank the same remuneration and the same terms and conditions of service as are applicable to the employees of corresponding rank or status of the transferee bank subject to the qualifications and experience of the said employees of the transferor bank being the same as or equivalent to those of such other employees of the transferee bank:

Provided that if any doubt or difference arises as to whether the qualifications or experience of any of the said employees are the same as or equivalent to the qualifications and experience of the other employees of corresponding rank or status of the transferee bank or as to the procedure or principles to be adopted for the fixation of the pay of the employees in the scales of pay of the transferee bank, the doubt or difference shall be referred to the Reserve Bank of India whos decision thereon shall be final .

(13) The trustees or administrators of any provident fund constituted for the employees of the transferor bank or as the case may be the transferor bank shall on or as soon as possible after the prescribed date transfer to the trustees of the employees provident fund constituted for the transferee bank , or otherwise as the transferee bank may direct , all the monies and investments held in trust for the benefit of the employees of the transferor bank,

Provided, however , that such latter trustee shall not be liable for any deficiency in the value of investments , or in respect of any act, neglect , or default done before the prescribed date .

(14) The transferee bank shall submit to the Reserve Bank of India such statements and information as may be required by the Reserve Bank of India from time to time regarding the implementation of this scheme.

(15) Any notice or other communication required to be given by the transferee bank shall be considered to be duly given , if addressed and sent by pre-paid ordinary post to the addressee at the address registered in the books of the trans- feror bank, until a new address is registered in the books of the transferee bank, and such notice shall be deemed to be served on the expiry of fortyeight hours after it has been posted. Any notice or communication which is of general interest shall be advertised in addition in one or more daily newspapers which may be in circulation at the places where the transferor bank was transacting its business.

( 16) If any doubt arises in interpreting any of the provisions of this scheme , the matter shall be referred to the Reserve Bank of India and its opinion shall be conclusive and binding on both the transferee and transferor banks , and also on all thethe members , depositors and other creditors and employees of each of those banks and on any other person having any rights or liability in relation to axy of these banks .

(17) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this scheme, the Central Government may issue to the transferor and the transferee banks or to either of them such directions not inconsistent with this scheme as may appear to the Central Government, after consulting the Reserve Bank of India, to be neces sary or appropriate for the purpose of removing the difficulty.

Schedule attached to and forming part of the scheme for the reconstruction and amalgamation of the Metropolitan Bank Ltd. as sanctioned by the Central Govern ment under sub - section (7 ) of section 45 of the Banking Companies Act , 1940 (10 of 1949 ) .

Name of the Employce

Designation in the transferor bank

Chief Executive Officer .

I. Shri Amulya Bhusan Chatterjee

2. Shri Bhabajit Ghose

3. Shri Sudhir Das

4. Shri Sailendra Nath Bose

Manager , Central Office . Agent, Cooch -Behar branch . Manager Mission Row Branch ,

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S.O. 424. In pursuance of sub -section ( 7 ) of Section 45 of the Banking Com- panies Act , 1949 ( 10 of 1949 ) the Central Government hereby specifies the 6th Repruary , 1964 as the prescribed date in relation to the scheme for the amalga- mation of the Metropolitan Bank Ltd. , with the United Industrial Bank Ltd., which has been sanctioned by the Central Government under the provisions of the said sub -section.

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8.0 . 425. Whereas on the application of the Reserve Bank of India under sub-section ( 1 ) of section 45 of the Banking Companies Act, 1949 (Act 10 of 1949) he Central Government has made an order of moratorium in respect of the Cochin Nayar Bank Ltd. , Trichur , under sub- section (2 ) of the said section .

And whereas the Reserve Bank of India in exercise of the powers conferred sub- section ( 4 ) of section 45 of the said Act has prepared a scheme for the malgamation of the Cochin Nayar Bank Ltd. , Trichur with the State Bank of Travancore , Trivandrum,

And whereas the Reserve Bank after having sent the said scheme in draft to the banks concerned in accordance with the provisions of sub-section ( 6 ) of the shid section and after having considered the suggestions and objections received In regard to the said scheme has modified that scheme and forwarded it to the Central Government for sanction.

Now, therefore , in exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section ( 7 ) of section 46 of the said Act , the Central Government hereby sanctions the scheme on and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned.

(1) The Cochin Nayar Bank Ltd. shall be the transferor bank and the State Bank of Travancore shall be the transferee bank.

(2) As from the date which the Central Government may specify for this purpose under sub -section ( 7 ) of section 45 of the said Act ( hereinafter referred to as the prescribed date ) all rights , powers , claims , demands , interests , authorities , privileges, benefits , assets and properties of the transferor bank, movable and immovable , in- duding premises subject to all incidents of tenure and to the rents and other ums of money and covenants reserved by or contained in the leases or agree- ments under which they are held, all office furniture, loose equipment, plant, apparatus and appliances , books , papers, stocks of stationery , other stocks and tores , all investments in stocks , shares and securities , all bills receivable in hand and in transit , all cash in hand and on current or deposit account ( including money at call or short notice ) with banks, bullion, all book debts , mortgage debts and other debts with the benefit of securities , or any guarantee therefor , all other, any, property rights and assets of every description including all rights of action and benefit of all guarantees in connection with the business of the transferor bank shall , subject to the other provisions of this scheme stand transferred to, and become the properties and assets of, the transferee bank ; and as from the prescribed date all the liabilities , duties and obligations of the transferor bank shall be and shall become the liabilities , duties and obligations of the transferee bank to the extent and in the manner provided hereinafter .

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions , all contracts, deeds , bonds , agreements , powers of attorney , grants of legal representation and other instruments of whatever nature subsisting or having effect immediately before the prescribed date shall be effective to the extent and in the manner bereinafter provided against or in favour of the transferee bank and may be acted upon as if instead of the transferor bank the transferee bank had been a party thereto or as if they had been issued in favour of the transferee bank .

If on the prescribed date any suit , appeal or other legal proceeding of whatever mature by or against the transferor bank is pending , the same shall not abate , or be discontinued or be in any way prejudicially affected , but shall , subject to the other provisions of this scheme , be prosecuted and enforced by or against the transferee bank .

If the transferor bank was acting immediately before the prescribed date as a foreman in respect of any chit fund, the rights . duties and obligations in relation to the chit fund shall be regulated in accordance with the following provisions, amely,

( 1 ) the transferee bank shall become the foreman of the chit fund and shall continue to exercise all powers and to do all such acts and THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY

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things as would have been exercised or done by the transferor bank , in so far as they are not inconsistent with this scheme ;

( ii ) the funds , if any , of the chit fund lent to or deposited with the transferor bank , or otherwise due from that bank to the chit fund , shall be transferred to the transferee bank and the liabilities corresponding to such funds shall also be payable by the transferee bank in accor- dance with the other provisions of this scheme;

( iii) if on the prescribed date the transferor bank in its capacity as the foreman of any chit fund has deposited any security for the due per- formance of its duties any obligations in relation to the said chit fund, the said security shall continue to be available for the purposes for which it was intended , but shall if and to the extent that it is subsequently released be transferred to and vest in the transferee bank provided that the said security or as the case may be the surplus , if any, after providing for the discharge of the duties or obligations in respect of the chit fund shall be valued and utilised for the purposes of this scheme ;

( iv) notwithstanding anything contained in the Travancore Chitties Act , XXVI of 1120 or the Cochin Kuries Act , VII of 1107 , the suspension by the transferor bank of any chit fund or kuri during the period from the 13th October 1963 to the 7th February 1964 , both days inclusive or for any part of that perlod , and any consequent prolon- gation of the chit fund or kuri shall have effect as though the articles in the variola or variolas or vaimpu or vaimpus were altered or added to for that purpose by a special resolution or special resolutions of the subscribers of the chit fund or kuri and as though the relevant provisions , if any , of the Travancore Chittles Act or the Cochin Kuries Act were complied with . And notwithstanding anything contained in the Travancore Chitties Act or the Cochin Kurles Act the failure of the foreman to conduct the chit fund or kuri during the said period , or to disburse prize amounts to prized subscribers , shall not be deemed to have terminated the chit fund or kuri ;

(v ) notwithstanding anything contained in the variola or variolas or vaimpu or vaimpus the period fixed for the duration of the chit fund or kuri shall be deemed to have been extended by the period referred to in the previous sub - paragraph;

(vi ) notwithstanding anything contained in the Travancore Chitties Act or the Cochin Kuries Act the State Bank of Travancore shall continue the chit fund or kuri as if the provisions , if any, of the said Act relating to continuance of the chit fund or kuri have been complied with; and

(vii) all the words and expressions used in the preceding sub - clauses but not defined shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Travancore Chitties Act or Cochin Kuries Act .

If according to the laws of any country outside India the provisions of this scheme, by themselves , are not effective to transfer or vest any asset or liability situated in that country which forms part of the undertaking of the transferor bank to or in the transferee bank , the affairs of the transferor bank in relation to such asset or liability shall , on the prescribed date , stand entrusted to the chief executive officer for the time being of the transferee bank and the chief executive officer may exercise all powers and do all such acts and things as would have been exercised or done by the transferor bank for the purpose of effectively winding up its affairs . The chief executive officer shall take all such steps as may be required by the laws of any such country outside India for the purpose of effect- ing such transfer or vesting and in connection therewith the chief executive officer may , either himself or through any person authorised by him in this behalf , realise any asset or discharge any liability of the transferor bank and transfer the net proceeds thereof to the transferee bank .

( 3 ) The books of the transferor bank shall be closed and balanced and balance sheets prepared in the first instance as at the close of business on the 12th October 1963 and thereafter as at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the prescribed date and the balance sheets shall be got audited and certified by a chartered accountant or a firm of chartered accountants approved or nominated by the Reserve Bank of India for the purpose .

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A copy each of the balance sheets of the transferor bank prepared in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing paragraph , shall be filed by the transferor bank with the Registrar of Companies as soon as possible after it has been received and thereafter the transferor bank shall not be required to prepare balance sheets or profit and loss accounts , or to lay the same before its members or file copies thereof with the Registrar of Companies or to hold any annual general meeting for the purpose of considering the balance sheet and accounts or for any other purpose or to comply with the provisions of section 159 of the Companies Act , 1956; and it shall not thereafter be necessary for the Board of Directors of the transferor bank to meet as required by section 285 of that Act .

(4 ) I. The transferee bank shall in consultation with the transferor bank , value the property and assets and reckon the liabilities of the transferor bank in accord- ance with the following provisions , namely ,

( a ) Investments including Government securities shall be valued at the market rates prevailing on the day immediately preceding the pres- cribed date provided that the securities of the Central Government such as Post Office Certificates , Treasury Savings Deposit Certificates and any other securities or certificates issued under the small savings scheme of the Central Government shall be valued at their face value or the encashable value as on the said date whichever is higher .

(b ) Where the market value of any Government security such as the Zamindari abolition bonds or other similar security in respect of which the principal is payable in instalments is not ascertainable or is , for any reason , not considered as reflecting the fair value thereof or as otherwise appropriate , the security shall be valued at such an amount as is considered reasonable having regard to the instalments of principal and interest remaining to be paid , the period during which such instalments are payable , the yield of any security, issued by the Government to which the security pertains and having the same or approximately the same maturity , and other relevant factors.

( c) Where the market value of any security , share , debenture , bond or other investment is not considered reasonable by reason of its having been affected by abnormal factors , the investment may be valued on the basis of its average market value over any reasonable period .

( d) Where the market value of any security , share , debenture , bond or other investment is not ascertainable , only such value , if any , shall be taken into account as is considered reasonable , having regard to the financial position of the issuing concern , the dividends paid by it during the preceding five years and other relevant factors .

(e) Premises and all other immovable properties and any assets acquired in satisfaction of claims shall be valued at their market value .

(f) Furniture and fixtures , stationery in stock and other assets , if any , shalj be valued at the written down value as per books or the realisable value as may be considered reasonable .

(g ) Advances including bills purchased and discounted book debts and sundry assets will be scrutinised by the transferee bank and the securities , including guarantees , held as cover therefor examined and verified by the transferee bank . Thereafter , the advances , including portions thereof , will be classified into two categories , namely , " Ad- vances considered good and readily realisable " and " Advances con- sidered not readily realisable and / or bad or doubtful of recovery" .

II . Liabilities for purposes of this scheme shall include all contingent liabilities which the transferee bank may reasonably be expected or required to meet out of its own resources on or after the prescribed date .

III. Where the valuation of any asset cannot be determined on the prescribed date , it may, with the approval of the Reserve Bank of India be treated partly or wholly as an asset realisable at a later date .

In the event of any disagreement between the transferee bank and the trans- feror bank as regards the valuation of any asset or the classification of any advance or the determination of any liability, the matter shall be referred to the Reserve Bank of India , whose opinion shall be final , provided that until such an [PART THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY

opinion is received , the valuation of the item or portion thereof by the transferce bank shall provisionally be adopted for the purpose of this scheme,

It shall be competent for the Reserve Bank in the event of its becoming neces- sary to do so , to obtain such technical advice as it may consider to be appropriate in connection with the valuation of any such item of asset or determination of any such item of liability , and the cost of obtaining such advice shall be payable in full out of the assets of the transferor bank .

The valuation of the assets and the determination of the liabilities in accord- ance with the foregoing provisions shall be binding on both the banks and the members and creditors thereof .

(a) The outside liabilities other than deposits as on the prescribed date shall be paid or provided for in full.

Explanation.---For the purposes of this paragraph, interest payable on . deposit up to the prescribed date shall be regarded as part of the con- cerned deposit .

(b ) In respect of every savings bank account or current account or any other deposit including a fixed deposit , cash certificate , monthly deposit, deposit payable at call or short notice or any other deposit by what- ever name called with the transferor bank and every other account not covered by clause ( a ) , including interest to the extent payable under this scheme , the transferee bank shall open with itself on the prescribed date a corresponding and similar account in the name of the respective holder ( s ) thereof crediting thereto the pro rata share available in respect of each of the accounts out of the assets referred to in paragraph ( 4 ) as valued for the purposes of this scheme on the prescribed date , after excluding from the sald assets as so valued the advances considered not readily realisable or bad or doubtful of recovery , any asset or portion of an asset not valued on the pres cribed date and any amount needed for the payments or provisions mentioned at clause ( a) above and after adding to the said assets as so valued the aggregate amount of the payments made in terms of clause ( 1 ) of paragraph 2 of the moratorium order dated the 12th October , 1963 issued to the transferor bank ,

Provided that any payment made from a deposit account on or after the 13th October 1963 and before the prescribed date , shall be reckoned towards the amount to be credited under this sub -paragraph and, accordingly the amount to be credited shall be the pro rata share les the amount of such payment .

Provided , however , that where the transferee bank entertains a reasonable doubt about the correctness of the entries made in any particular account ,it may with the approval of the Reserve Bank , withhold the credit to be made in that account in terms of clause ( b ) above till the transferee bank is able to ascertain the correct balance in such account .

Explanation. The term ' pro rata' shall , insofar as it occurs in this para- graph , mean 'in proportion to the respective amounts remaining due as at the close of business on the 12th October 1963 ' ( inclusive of interest payable up to that date ) and shall , insofar as it occurs else- where in this scheme , mean ' in proportion to the respective amounts remaining due at the time of the payment or distribution' .

(c) After the credits referred to in clause (b ) above have been afforded, the transferee bank shall , with the least possible delay but in any case not later than three months from the prescribed date , furnish to the Deposit Insurance Corporation established under the Deposit Insur- ance Corporation Act , 1961 ( hereinafter referred to as the Corpora- tion) a list complying in all respects with the requirements of sub- section ( 1 ) of section 18 of that Act and thereafter whenever amounts referred to in sub - section ( 2 ) of section 18 of that Act are received from the Corporation , the transferee bank shall credit each of the THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY

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accounts referred to in clause ( b ) above , within seven days from the date or dates on which the amounts are received , to the extent of the sums due to that account in accordance with sub - section ( 2 ) of section 18 of that Act:

Provided that-

( a) if any account referred to in clause ( b ) has been closed or has matured for payment at the time when any amount for credit to that account is received from the Corporation , the payment to the person entitled to the said amount shall be made by the transferee bank in cash

(b) in case the person entitled to any amount referred to in clause ( b ) cannot be found or is not readily traceable , provision for the amount due to such person shall be made and accounted for separately on. the books of the Corporation itself andit shall not be necessary for the Corporation to pay the amounts to the transferee bank unless the person entitled to the amount is found or traced and the Cor- poration has decided to make the payment in respect of that person through the transferee bank .

(d) On the prescribed date , the entire amount of the paid- up capital and reserves of the transferor bank shall be treated as provision for bad and doubtful debts and depreciation in other assets of the transferor bank and the rights of the members of the transferor bank shall , in relation to the transferee bank, be as provided for in paragraph (6 ) below.

(0) In respect of

(a) every account mentioned in clause ( b ) of the preceding paragraph , the balance in the account , if any , remaining uncredited in terms of that clause and clause ( c ) and

(b) every share in the transferor bank , the amount which was treated as paid-up towards share capital by or on behalf of each shareholder immediately before the prescribed date

shall be treated as a collection account and shall be entered as such on the books of the transferee bank and payments against the account shall be made in the following manner , namely ,

(1 ) the transferee bank shall call upon every person who on the prescribed date was registered as the holder of a share in the transferor bank (or who would have been entitled to be so registered ) to pay within . three months from such date as may be specified the uncalled amount remaining unpaid by him in respect of such shares and the calls in arrears , if any , and the transferee bank shall take all avail- able steps having regard to the circumstances of each case to demand and enforce the payment of the amounts due under this clause , together with interest at six per cent per annum for the period of the default;

( ii) the transferee bank shall , in respect of the advances , bills purchased and discounted , book debts and sundry debts and other assets , which are classified as "Advances considered not readily realisable and/or bad or doubtful of recovery " , or which are or may be realisable wholly or partly after the prescribed date in terms of paragraph ( 4) above , take all available steps having regard to the circumstances: of each case to demand and enforce payment , provided , however , that if the amount of a debt or asset exceeds Rs . 3,000 ,00, the trans- feree bank shall not except with the approval of the Reserve Bank of India .

(a) enter into a compromise or arrangement with the debtor or any other person or write off any such debt or asset;

(b) sell or otherwise dispose of any securities transferred to it or any asset taken over by it.

(iii) the transferee bank shall in addition take all available steps having. regard to the circumstances of each case to demand and enforce the payment of the amounts , if any , awarded as damages by the THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY

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High Court against any promoter , director , manager or other officer of the transferor bank underunder section 45L of the Banking Companies Act read with section 45H thereof and also with section 543 of the Companies Act , 1956 ;

( iv ) the transferee bank may , out of the realisations effected by it on account of the items mentioned in clauses ( ii ) and ( iii ) above , make payment or provision in respect of any contingent liability to the extent that the provision made therefor under paragraph 5 ( a ) proves to be inadequate, as also , with the prior approval of the Reserve Bank , in respect of any liability whether contingent or absolute which was not assessed in terms of paragraph ( 4 ) above and has arisen or been discovered on or after the prescribed date ;

( v ) the transferce bank shall , out of the realisations effected by it on account of the items mentioned in clauses ( ii ) and ( iii ) above after deducting therefrom the expenditure incurred for the purpose and, with the approval of the Reserve Bank of India , such other expenses as may be considered reasonable and the amount appropriated therefrom in terms of clause ( IV ) above , or out of the balance, if any, which may be available from out of the provision in respect of contingent liabilities as reckoned for the purposes of this scheme after the extent of such liabilities has finally been ascertained,

(b) pay, in the case of depositors in respect of whom no amounts have been received by the transferee bank from the Corporation , the amounts due in respect of the collection accounts , and in the case of depositors in respect of whom any amounts have been received by the transferee bank from the Corporation or have been provided for by the Corporation the balance if any due to them in their collection accounts after the amounts due from the said accounts to the Corporation in respect of the payment made or provided for by the Corporation have first been paid in accordance with the provisions of sub - clause ( a ) above .

Provided that the amount due to the Corporation shall , if it becomes neces- sary so to do , he provided for on the books of the transferee bank and be paid to the Corporation in the manner specified in clause (b ) of regulation 22 of the Deposit Insurance Corporation General Regulations , 1961 .

Provided further that the transferee bank shall make the payments referred to in clause ( b ) above ,

( 1 ) if the corresponding or similar account mentioned in clause ( b ) of paragraph ( 5 ) has not been closed or has not matured for payment , by credit to that account , and

( ii ) if the said account has been closed or has matured for payment , in cash .

( vi ) The amounts due to the Corporation in terms of sub -clause ( a) of clause ( v ) above and the amounts due to the collection accounts of the depositors in terms of sub -clause ( b ) of that clause shall rank equally among themselves , and if they cannot be paid in full shall abate in equal proportions ;

(vii ) After the payments referred to in clause ( v) of this paragraph have been made or provided for in full , the transferce bank shall , out of the balance of the amounts referred to in clause ( v ) which may be available to it , make payments pro rata towards the amounts , if any , due to the accounts of the former shareholders of the transferor bank .

( a) if during the period of this notice a request , has not been received in writing for the payment of the amount due in cash and if the amount of the payment due is also not less than the highest closing price of THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY

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an ordinary share in the transferee bank as quoted on any recognis- ed stock exchange on or immediately before the date on which the notice is issued . or where the ordinary share of the transferee bank is not quoted on any recognised stock exchange the price of the share as determined by the Reserve Bank , the transferee bank shall allot to the payee a share or shares in the transferee bank to the extent possible and disburse in cash the balance , if any , of the amount which may be due ; and

(b ) if the conditions mentioned in sub -clause ( a ) above are not fulfilled the transferce bank shall disburse the amount in cash,

Provided further that

( a ) the allotment of the shares or the payments aforesaid shall in each case be made before the end of six months from the date on which notice of the payment falling due is deemed to have been served in accordance with the provisions of this scheme ; and

(b ) the share capital of the transferee bank shall be deemed to have been increased , and notwithstanding the provisions of any enactment , regulation or other instrument , it shall also be lawful for the trans- feree bank to issue the shares , in the manner and to the extent specified for the purposes of this scheme .

(vili) the amounts due to the collection accounts referred to in this para- graph shall be deemed to be a liability of the transferee bank only to the extent provided for in this scheme .

( ix ) on the expiry of twelve years from the prescribed date or such eartier period as the Central Government after consulting the Reserve Bank of India may specify for this purpose , any item referred to in clause ( ii ) of this patagraph which may not have been realised by that date shall be valued by the transferce bank in consultation with the Reserve Bank and the transferee bank shall distribute any amount or amounts determined in the light of that valuation after deducting therefrom Arst any sum necessary for meeting the liabilitics referred to in clause ( iv ) of this paragraph which may remain unsatisfied as on that date in the order and the manner provided in clauses ( v ) , ( vi ) and ( vii ) above.

( 7) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, contained in express or implied , no interest shall accrue on account of a deposit or other any contract , liability in any account mentioned in paragraphs ( 5 ) and ( 6 ) after the date of the moratorium and interest shall be paid only in respect of the new accounts opened with the transferee bank in ternis of paragraph ( 5 ) and credited in accord- ance with the provisions of that or the next succeeding paragraph and only at such rates as the transfcree bank may allow.

(8 ) No depositor or other creditor of the transferor bank shall be entitled to make any demand against the transferor bank or the transferee bank in res- pert of any liability of the transferor bank to him except to the extent prescribed by this scheme .

( 9 ) No suit or other legal proceedings shall lhe against the Central Govern- ment, the Reserve Bank of India or the transferee or the transferor banks for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this scheme .

(10 ) All the employees of the transferor bank shall continue in service and be deemed to have been appointed by the transferee bank at the same remunera- tion and on the same terms and conditions of service as were applicable to such employees immediately before the 13th October, 1963 .

Provided that the employees of the transferor bank who have , by notice in writing given to the transferor or the transferee bank at any time before the expiry of one month next following the date on which this scheme has been sanctioned by the Central Government , intimated their intention of not becoming employces of the transferee bank , shall be entitled to the payment of such com- pensation, if any, under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and such ension , gratuity , provident fund and other retirement benefits as may be ordinarily admissible under the rules 963 authorisations of the transferor bank

Provided further that the transferee bank shall in respect of the employees of the transferor bank who are deemed to have been appointed as employees of THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY

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the transferee bank be deemed also to have taken over liability for the payment of retrenchment compensation in the event of their being retrenchretrenched while in the service of the transferee bank on the basis that their service has been continu- ous and has not been interrupted by their transfer to the transferee bank .

(11) The transferee bank shall , on the expiry of a period not longer than three years from the date on which this scheme is sanctioned pay or grant to the employees of the transferor bank the same remuneration and the same terms and conditions of service as are applicable to the employees of corresponding rank or status of the transferee bank subject to the qualifications and experience of the said employees of the transferor bank being the same as or equivalent to those of such other employees of the transferee bank,

Provided that if any doubt or difference arises as to whether the qualifica- tions or experience of any of the said employees are the same as or equivalent to the qualifications and experience of the other employees of corresponding rank or status of the transferee bank or as to the procedure or principles to be adopted for the fixation of the pay of the employees in the scales of pay of the transferee bank, the doubt or difference shall be referred to the Reserve Bank of India whose decision thereon shall be final .

(12) The trustee or administrators of any provident fund constituted for the mployees of the transferor bank or as the case may be the transferor bank shall on or as soon as possible after the prescribed date transfer to the trustees of the employees provident fund constituted for the transferee bank , or otherwise 23 the transferce bank may direct , all the monies and investments held in trust for the benefit of the employees of the transferor bank .

Provided , however, that such latter trustees shall not be liable for any defici- ency in the value of investments , or in respect of any act , neglect , or default done before the prescribed date .

(13) The transferee bank shall submit to the Reserve Bank of India such statements and information as may be required by the Reserve Bank of India from time to time regarding the implementation of this scheme.

(14) Any notice or other communication required to be given by the trans- feree bank shall be considered to be duly given , if addressed and sent by pre- paid ordinary post to the addressee at the address registered in the books of the transferor bank , until a new address is registered in the books of the transferee bank, and such notice shall be deemed to be served on the expiry of forty - eight hours after it has been posted. Any notice or communication which is of general interest shall be advertised in addition in one or more daily newspapers which may be in circulation at the places where the transferor bank was transacting its business ,

(15 ) If any doubt arises in interpreting any of the provisions of this scheme, the matter shall be referred to the Reserve Bank of India and its opinion shall be conclusive and binding on both the transferee and transferor banks , and also on all the members , depositors and other creditors and employees of each of thos banks and on any other person having any rights or liability in relation to any of these banks .

(16) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this scheme,. the Central Government may issue to the transferor and the transferee banks or to either of them such directions not inconsistent with this scheme as may appear to the Central Government, after consulting the Reserve Bank of India , to be necessary or appropriate for the purpose of removing the difficulty.

[No. F. 17 ( 16 ) -BC/ 63.1

8.0. 426. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub- section ( 2 ) of sec Hon 45 of the Banking Companies Act, 1949 ( 10 of 1949 ) and in modification of this Department's Notification No. F. 17 ( 16 ) -BC /63 , dated the 12th October , 1963, the Central Government hereby directs that the order of moratorium made by it in respect of the Cochin Nayar Bank Ltd. , Trichur shall be in force upto and including the 7th February , 1964 .

[No. F. 17 ( 16 ) -BC /63 ( 1 ) .

8.0. 427.In pursuance of sub-section ( 7 ) of section 45 of the Banking Companies Act, 1949 ( 10 of 1949 ) , the Central Government hereby specifies the THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY

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8th February , 1964 , as the prescribed date in relation to the scheme for the amalgamation of the Cochin Nayar Bank Ltd. with the State Bank of Travancore , which has been sanctioned by the Central Government under the provisions of the said sub - section .

[No. F. 17 ( 16 ) -BC / 63 ( ii ) . ] R. K. SESHADRI , Director .

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