THE BANNING OF UNREGULATED DEPOSIT SCHEMES ORDINANCE 2019

Government has issued The Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance 2019 on 21.02.2019. Pursuant to this ordinance now any Individual or group of individuals cant take any deposit or loan from any person other than relatives and Partnership firm can take deposit or loan from relatives or partner or partners only.

The Ordinance will help put a check on illicit deposit taking activities like Saradha scam and Rose Valley chit fund scam in the country that dupe poor and the financially illiterate of their hard earned savings.

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)

New Delhi, the 21st February, 2019

THE BANNING OF UNREGULATED DEPOSIT SCHEMES ORDINANCE 2019

No. 7 or 2019

Promulgated by the President in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India.

An Ordinance to provide for a comprehensive mechanism to ban the unregulated deposit schemes and to protect the interest of depositors and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

WHEREAS the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019 was passed on the 13th day of February, 2019 in the House of the People;

AND WHEREAS the said Bill could not be taken up for consideration and passing in the Council of States;

AND WHEREAS Parliament is not in session and the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action;

Now, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 123 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance:

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

Short title, extent and commencement.

1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance, 2019.

(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

2. Definition.

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,

(1) appropriate Government means in respect of matters relating to,

(i) the Union territory without legislature, the Central Government;

(ii) the Union territory of Puducherry, the Government of that Union territory;

(iii) the Union territory of Delhi, the Government of that Union territory; and

(iv) the State, the State Government;