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The Grameen Bank Ordinance, 1983

( Ordinance NO. XLVI OF 1983 )

Grameen Bank Project to cease to exist
37. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any agreement or contract or other instrument, upon the Establishment of the Bank,-
 
 
 
 
(a) the Grameen Bank Project, hereinafter referred to as the said project, shall cease to exist;
 
 
 
 
(b) all assets, rights, powers, authorities and privileges and all properties, movable and immovable, cash and bank balances, reserve funds, investments and all other rights and interests in, or arising out of, such property and all books of accounts, registers, records and all other documents of whatever nature relating thereto, of the said project shall stand transferred to, and vest in, the Bank;
 
 
 
 
(c) all debts, liabilities and obligations incurred, all contracts entered into and all matters and things engaged to be done by, with or for, the said project before establishment of the Bank shall be deemed to have been incurred, entered into or engaged to be done by, with or for, the Bank;
 
 
 
 
(d) the loans advanced by the said project before the establishment of the Bank shall be deemed to have been advanced by the Bank and shall be recoverable in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
 
 
 
 
(2) The Government may, for the purpose of removing any difficulty in relation to the transfer and other matter specified in sub-section (1), make such orders as it may consider expedient and any such order shall be deemed to be, and given effect to as, part of the provisions of this Ordinance.
 
 
 
 
Explanation.- In this section “Grameen Bank Project” means the Grameen Bank Project sponsored by the Rural Economics Programme of the Department of Economics, University of Chittagong, in 1976 in village Jobra, police station Hathazari, in the district of Chittagong and subsequently adopted by the Bangladesh Bank and participated by new Banks and the Bangladesh Krishi Bank.
 
 

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