Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 · Chapter III: Central Banking Functions
Section 30: Powers of Central Government to supersede Central Board
(1) If in the opinion of the [Central Government] the Bank fails to carry out any of the obligations imposed on it by or under this Act *** [the Central Government] may, by notification in the Gazette of India, declare the Central Board to be superseded, and thereafter the general superintendence and direction of the affairs of the Bank shall be entrusted to such agency as the [Central Government] may determine, and such agency may exercise the powers and do all acts and things which may be exercised or done by the Central Board under this Act.
(2) When action is taken under this section the [Central Government] shall cause a full report of the circumstances leading to such action and of the action taken to be laid before [Parliament] at the earliest possible opportunity and in any case within three months from the issue of the notification superseding the Board.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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