Question

Section 10C of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 grants an exemption from holding qualification shares in the banking company to which of the following categories of persons?

Q: Answer-Section 10C of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 grants an exemption from holding qualification share...

Section 10C, as substituted by the Banking Laws Amendment Act, 1983 Act 1 of 1984 and further amended by the Banking Regulation Amendment Act, 1994, provides that a chairman of the Board of directors who is appointed on a whole-time basis, or a managing director by whomsoever appointed, and a director of a banking company appointed by the Reserve Bank under Section 10A, shall not be required to hold qualification shares in the banking company. This exemption recognises that these persons are appointed for their professional expertise or regulatory need rather than as investor-representatives, and requiring them to hold shares would be an inappropriate and potentially impracticable precondition for their appointment.

A All shareholders holding less than one per cent of paid-up capital

B All independent non-executive directors appointed by the Board

C All directors of subsidiary companies of the banking company

D All officers of the Reserve Bank appointed to the board

E A chairman of the Board of directors appointed on a whole-time basis or a managing director (by whomsoever appointed) and a director appointed by the Reserve Bank under Section 10A

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