Section 2Definitions

s. 2

2. Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) “appointed date” means the date appointed under section 4; (b) “branch”, in relation to a specified bank, includes a sub-branch booth, or office in or through which the business and functions of such bank is carried on or performed; (c) “Sonali Bank” means the Sonali Bank constituted under the Bangladesh Banks (Nationalisation) Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 26 of 1972); (d) “Specified bank”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means, according to the context, all or any of the Janata Bank, Pubali Bank and Uttara Bank constituted under the Bangladesh Banks (Nationalisation) Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 26 of 1972); and (e) “transferred branch”, with its grammatical variations, means a branch of a specified bank whose business and functions have been transferred under section 4.