The State Bank of Hyderabad Act,1956
Section 42. Power of the Reserve Bank to make Regulations
(1) The Reserve Bank may, with the previous approval of the Central Government, and except in the case of the first regulations, in consultation with the Board of Directors of the Hyderabad Bank, make regulations not inconsistent with this Act and the rules made thereunder, to provide for all matters for which provision is necessary or expedient for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may provide for-
(a) The powers and duties of the managing director of the Hyderabad Bank;
(b) The fees and allowances which may be paid to directors for attending any meetings of the Board of Directors or of its committees or for attending to any other work of the Hyderabad Bank;
(c) The time and place at which, and the manner in which, the business of the Board of Directors shall be transacted and the procedure to be followed at the meetings thereof;
(d) The constitution of the executive committee of the Board of Directors and the conditions and limitations subject to which the executive committee may exercise its powers and the procedure to be followed at the meetings thereof;
(e) The formation of any other committees of the Board of Directors and the delegation of powers and functions of the Board to such committees and the conduct of business in such committees;
(f) The delegation of powers and functions of the Board of Directors to the managing director or other directors or officers or other employees of the Hyderabad Bank;
(g) The conditions and limitations subject to which the Hyderabad Bank may appoint officers, advisers and other employees and fix their remuneration and other terms and conditions of service;
(h) The duties and conduct of officers, advisers and other employees of the Hyderabad Bank;
(i) The establishment and maintenance of pension, provident or other funds for the benefit of officers and employees or for the purposes of the Hyderabad Bank;
(j) The conduct and defence of legal proceedings by or against the Hyderabad Bank and the manner of signing pleadings;
(k) The provision of a seal for the Hyderabad Bank and the manner and effect of its use;
(l) The form and manner in which contracts binding on the Hyderabad Bank may be executed;
(m) The maximum amounts which may be advanced or lent or for which bills may be discounted by the Hyderabad Bank, the conditions under which advances may be made and the extent to which accounts may be overdrawn;
(n) The conditions subject to which advances may be made by the Hyderabad Bank to its directors or officers or the relatives of such directors or officers or to companies, firms or individuals with which or with whom such directors or officers or relatives are connected as partners, directors, managers, servants, shareholders or otherwise;
(o) The persons or authorities who shall administer any pension, provident nor other fund constituted by the Hyderabad State Bank before the appointed day, for the benefit of the officers or employees, or for the purposes of the said bank; and the amalgamation of any such fund with any similar fund established by the Hyderabad Bank after the appointed day;
(p) The circumstances in which the specific approval of the Reserve Bank shall be required to the grant of loans and advances and investment of funds by the Hyderabad Bank, or to any contract, arrangement or proposal entered into or proposed to be entered into by the Hyderabad Bank;
(q) The preparation and submission to the Reserve Bank of statements of programmes of activities and financial statements of the Hyderabad Bank and the periods for which and the time wit
hin which, such statements
and estimates are to be prepared and submitted;
(r) The person or persons in the Reserve Bank by whom any powers, duties or functions conferred, imposed or entrusted on or to the Reserve Bank under this Act may be exercised or performed;
(s) The periodical inspection of the affairs and business of the Hyderabad Bank by the Reserve Bank;
(t) The statements, returns and forms that are required for the purposes of this Act; and
(u) Generally for the efficient conduct of the affairs of the Hyderabad Bank.
