Business Law as Applicable to Co-operative- II

Business Law as Applicable to Co-operative- II

1 Trade Union Act, 1926 and Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

  1. Introduction to Labour Laws in India
  2. The Trade Union Act 1926
  3. Introduction to Industrial Disputes Act 1947
  4. Strike and Lockout
  5. Lay Off and Retrenchment

2 Standing Order Act, 1946

  1. Introduction to Industrial Employment (Standing Order) Act 1946
  2. Standing Orders
  3. Matters to be Provided in the Standing Order
  4. Obligation of the Employees in Respect of Certified Standing Order
  5. Offences and Penalties

3 Domestic Enquiry – Proceedings and Principles

  1. Domestic Enquiry
  2. Principles of Natural Justice
  3. Preliminary Enquiry
  4. Charge-Sheet
  5. Procedure of Enquiry

4 Other Labour Welfare Acts

  1. The Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act 1952
  2. The Payment of Gratuity Act 1972
  3. The Payment of Bonus Act 1965
  4. The Minimum Wages Act 1948
  5. The Employees State Insurance Act 1948

5 Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and Nabard Act, 1982

  1. Salient Features
  2. Bank of Issue of Currency
  3. Banker Agent and Adviser to the Government
  4. Banker to the Bank and Lender in the Last Resort
  5. Controller of Credit
  6. Foreign Exchange Reserves Manager and Custodian
  7. Rural Credit and Development
  8. NABARD Act 1982
  9. Transfer of Business to NABARD
  10. Sources of Raising Funds by NABARD
  11. Credit Functions
  12. Other Functions of NABARD

6 Banking Regulation Act, 1949

  1. Banking Regulation in India
  2. Areas Covered and Excluded for Co-operative Societies
  3. Important Business which a Co-operative Bank can Engage in
  4. Use of the Word ‘Bank’, ‘Banker’, and ‘Banking’
  5. Requirement of Minimum Paid-up Capital and Reserves
  6. Requirement of Minimum Cash Reserve and Liquid Assets
  7. Restrictions on Loans and Advances and their Remission
  8. Licensing of a Co-operative Bank and its Branches
  9. Preparation, Audit, and Publication of Bank Accounts and Balance Sheet
  10. Inspection
  11. Powers of RBI to Issue Direction
  12. Cognizance of Offences and Power of RBI to Impose Penalties

7 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

  1. Negotiable Instrument Act: History and Salient Features
  2. Distinction among Promissory Notes Bills of Exchange and Cheques
  3. Negotiability of Instruments
  4. Kinds of Endorsements
  5. Crossing of Cheque
  6. Material Alteration
  7. Inchoate Instruments or Incomplete Instruments
  8. Dishonour of Negotiable Instruments
  9. Dishonour of Cheque as a Criminal Offence

8 Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 and Sarfaesi Act, 2002

  1. Recovery of Debts due to Banks and Financial Institutions (RDDBFI) Act 1993
  2. Formation and Composition of the Debt Recovery Tribunal
  3. Distinction between DRT and DRAT
  4. Procedure of Tribunals
  5. Schedule of Fees
  6. Recovery Process
  7. Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act 2002
  8. Enforcement of Security Interest Rules 2002
  9. Amendments to the SARFAESI Act 2002

9 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

  1. Money Laundering
  2. Proceeds of Crime
  3. Persons
  4. Intermediary
  5. Scheduled Offences
  6. Limit of Cognizance
  7. Stages/Phases in Money Laundering
  8. Know Your Customer (KYC) and RBI Guidelines
  9. Risks a Bank Faces for Violating KYC / AML Guidelines
  10. Concept of Customer in KYC
  11. Safeguards for Opening of Accounts
  12. Relaxations in KYC Procedure for Low Income Group Persons
  13. Responsibilities of Banks under PMLA 2002 and KYC Guidelines
  14. Punishments and Actions

10 Other Misc. Laws

  1. Nature of Partnership
  2. Relations of Partners to one another and to Third Parties
  3. Kinds of Partners
  4. Incoming and Outgoing Partners – Reconstitution of a Firm
  5. Dissolution of a Firm
  6. Registration of Firm
  7. Salient Features of Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007

11 Grievances Redressal Forums in Banking Sector

  1. Banking Ombudsman Scheme and Amendments Thereto
  2. Persons who can Complaint
  3. Grounds of Complaints
  4. Procedure for Filing the Complaint
  5. Reasons/Conditions for Non-consideration of Compliant by Banking Ombudsman
  6. Rejection of Complaint by the Banking Ombudsman
  7. Other Important Provisions in the Banking Ombudsman
  8. Appeal against the Decision of Banking Ombudsman