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BANKING & NBFCS EXTRA ORDINARY

Notification under Sec 31 of IFSCA Act 2019 for modification in provisions of Banking Regulation Act 1949

Date: 28th February 2024
Category: Extra Ordinary
Issued by Ministry of Finance · Department of Economic Affairs
New Delhi

Read or download the official PDF of this gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Finance on 28th February 2024. Classified under Extra Ordinary.

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रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-28022024-252473 xxxGIDHxxx CG-DLxx-xEG-I2D8E0x2x2x0 24-252473 असाधारण EXTRAORDINARY भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii) PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY स.ं 897] नई दिल्ली, बुधिार, फरिरी 28, 2024/फाल्ग नु 9, 1945 No. 897] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2024/PHALGUNA 9, 1945 जित्त...

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  • ✓ The notification, issued by the Ministry of Finance, amends the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, for International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs).
  • ✓ It provides exemptions to International Financial Services Centres Banking Units (IFS banking units) of Foreign Banks from certain restrictions related to shareholding limits (Section 19) and restrictions on loans and advances (Section 20) under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
  • ✓ The notification is issued in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 31 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019.
  • ✓ Section 19(2) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 is amended to insert sub-section (2A). This sub-section exempts IFS banking units of foreign banks from shareholding limits prescribed in sub-section (2) under certain conditions.
  • ✓ The exemption applies when shareholding is held as security in the ordinary course of business or acquired during debt recovery and disposed of within five years. The five-year period can be extended by the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) with written justification.

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