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ACT XIV OF 1997 document.onkeyup = Stopit; --> BANKING COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1997 ACT XIV OF 1997 [31st May 1997] An Act further to amend the Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962 [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 2nd June, 1997[ No.F.9(19)/97‑Legis., dated 2‑6‑1997.‑‑The following Act of Majlis‑e- Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on the 31st May, 1997, is hereby published for general information:‑‑ 11. Insertion of new section 40A, Ordinance LVII of 1962.‑‑In the said Ordinance, after section 40, the following new section shall be inserted namely:‑‑ "40A. Responsibility of State Bank.‑‑(1) Without prejudice to the powers conferred on the State Bank under section 40 and notwithstanding anything contained therein, it shall be the responsibility and duty of the State Bank to systematically monitor the performance of every banking company so as to ensure that it is complying with the applicable statutory criteria and banking rules and regulations. (2) In every cases in which the management of a banking company is failing to discharge its responsibility in accordance with the applicable statutory criteria and banking rules or regulations, or is failing to protect the interests of depositors, or is advancing loans or finances without due regard for the best interests of the banking company or for reasons other than the merits, it shall be the duty of the State Bank, in addition to taking such remedial steps as may be required in accordance with law, to report the shortcomings and violations on the part of the banking company's management to the Federal Government every quarter, or more frequently, if so deemed necessary, so as to prevent any grave or irreparable loss from being caused to the banking company or its depositors, alongwith its recommendations and the action, if any, taken by it.