Section 1: Where the central bank authorises the transfer of the whole or part of the
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
1. Where the central bank authorises the transfer of the whole or part of the
undertaking of a bank under section 32A—
(a) all assets and liabilities that form part of the undertaking of the transferor bank on the day immediately before the appointed day and are
listed in the final list of assets and liabilities submitted to the Registrar-General under section 32A (8), shall, on the appointed day, vest
in and continue to be the assets and liabilities of the transferee bank,
without the need for any further formality;
(b) the transferor bank shall, in respect of the transferred undertaking, on
the appointed day, be released from all liabilities and obligations that
form part of its undertaking on the day immediately before the
appointed day;
(c) all proceedings started and pending by or against the transferor bank
that form part of the undertaking of the transferor bank on the day
immediately before the appointed day shall, in respect of the transferred undertaking, on the appointed day, be continued by or against
the transferee bank, and the transferee bank shall, in respect of the
transferred undertaking, be entitled to all defences, claims, counterclaims and rights of set-off or compensation which would have been
available to the transferor bank in relation to such proceedings;
(d) any ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against the transferor
bank, in respect of the undertaking of the transferor bank on the day
immediately before the appointed day shall, in respect of the transferred undertaking, on the appointed day, be enforceable by or
against the transferee bank;
(e) any mortgage, privilege, charge, bond, pledge, guarantee or any other
security interest that form part of the undertaking of the transferor
bank on the day immediately before the appointed day and was made
or given to secure past, present and future advances, facilities or services by the transferor bank shall, in respect of the transferred undertaking, on the appointed day, remain in full force and be considered
to be a mortgage, privilege, bond, pledge, guarantee or instrument
given to or in favour of the transferee bank, as security for past, present and future advances, facilities or services by the transferee
bank, without the need for any further formality;
(f) every book, record and other document of the transferor bank that
form part of its undertaking on the day immediately before the
appointed day shall, in respect of the transferred undertaking, on the
appointed day, vest in the transferee bank.