(1) The Director, Chief Executive, Auditor, Company Secretary of a bank or financial institution or a person directly involved in the management and account of a bank or financial institution shall not buy or sell, mortgage or cause to be mortgaged, cause to be bought or sold, accept or give in the form of a gift, transfer or transact the securities of the concerned bank or financial institution or of its subsidiary company in his/her name or in name of any member of his/her family or a firm, company or institution under the control of such person or to any other person until he/she holds such a position or until one year from the date of retirement from such position:
Provided that nothing in this Sub-Section shall prevent from buying and selling securities among Directors to Directors or Directors to Promoters with the approval of the Rastra Bank while issuing bonus shares, rights shares or the shares allotted for employees or issuing new shares, or while implementing a directive of the Rastra Bank or while selling the entire share having in any bank or financial institution under own ownership by any Director or any corporate body having power to appoint Director or while merging or amalgamating banks or financial institutions in each other according to the provisions made in Chapter-10 or while acquiring all assets or liabilities of one bank or financial institution by another bank or financial institution or while carrying out purchase or sale of securities among promoter directors or directors to directors with the
approval of the Rastra Bank in cases of emergence of any hurdle in the operation of the bank or financial institution or while carrying out purchase or sale or transfer of shares during the process of reformative or settlement process of a problematic bank.
(2) In cases where anyone commits any act in contravention of Sub-Section (1), the bank or financial institution concerned shall forfeit such securities and sell them according to the process as prescribed by the Rastra Bank.