Where a banking company appropriates any sum or sums from the reserve fund or the share premium account, it shall, within _______________, report the fact to the Reserve Bank, explaining the circumstances relating to such appropriation.

Banking Regulation Act Section 17.  Reserve Fund: (2) Where a banking company appropriates any sum or sums from the reserve fund or the share premium account, it shall, within twenty-one days from the date of such appropriation, report the fact to the Reserve Bank, explaining the circumstances relating to such appropriation: Provided that the Reserve Bank may, in any particular case, extend the said period of twenty-one days by such period as it thinks fit or condone any delay in the making of such report.