Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 · Chapter IIIA: Collection and Furnishing of Credit Information · Institutions
Section 45J: Bank to regulate or prohibit issue of prospectus or advertisement soliciting deposits of money
The Bank may, if it consider necessary in the public interest so to do, by general or special order,—
(a) regulate or prohibit the issue by any non-banking institution of any prospectus or advertisement soliciting deposits of money from the public, and
(b) specify the conditions subject to which any such prospectus or advertisement, if not prohibited, may be issued.
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.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 45J
- Morgan Asia Limited v. Reserve Bank of India & Anr
- Supertech Urban5 Home Buyers Association (Suha) Foundation v. Union of India & Ors
- Gautam Sethi & Ors v. Union of India & Ors
- The Peerless General Finance and Investment Company Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax
- Peerless General Finance and Investment Co. Ltd. and Anr v. Reserve Bank of India
- Reserve Bank of India v. Peerless General Finance & Investment Co. Ltd. Ors. and Vice Versa