1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Regional Rural Banks
Act, 1976.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 26th day of September, 1975.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Board”, in relation to a Regional Rural Bank, means the Board of directors of that Regional
Rural Bank;
(b) “Chairman”, in relation to a Regional Rural Bank, means the individual appointed or
re-appointed under sub-section (1) of section 11 as the Chairman of that bank;
(c) “director”, in relation to a Regional Rural Bank, means a member of the Board of that bank;
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[(ca) “National Bank” means the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
established under section 3 of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981
(61 of 1981);]
(d) “notified area” means the local limits, specified under sub-section (1) of section 3, within
which a Regional Rural Bank shall operate;
(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(f) “Regional Rural Bank” means a Regional Rural Bank established under sub-section (1) of
section 3;
(g) “Sponsor Bank”, in relation to a Regional Rural Bank, means a bank by which such Regional
Rural Bank has been sponsored;
(h) “State Government” means,—
(i) in relation to a Regional Rural Bank established in a Union territory, the Central
Government;
(ii) in relation to a Regional Rural Bank established in a State, the Government of that State;
(i) words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Reserve Bank of India
Act, 1934 (2 of 1934), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act;
(j) words and expressions used herein and not defined either in this Act or in the Reserve Bank of
India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934), but defined in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), shall have
the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949).