Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 · s 36

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36. (1) Every licensed local institution shall—
(a) maintain a reserve fund; and
(b) before declaring any dividend from its net profits of each year (after due provision made for taxation), transfer to its reserve fund out of the net profits of each year—
(i) a sum equal to not less than fifty per centum of the net profits of that year, so long as the amount of the reserve fund is less than fifty per centum of its paid-up capital; or
(ii) a sum equal to not less than twenty-five per centum of the net profits of that year, so long as the amount of the reserve fund is fifty per centum but less than one hundred per centum of its paid-up capital.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Bank may from time to time specify a different portion of the net profits of each year, being either lesser or greater than the portions specified in subsection (1), to be transferred to the reserve fund of a licensed local institution for the purpose of ensuring that the amount of the reserve fund of such institution is sufficient for the purpose of its business and adequate in relation to its liabilities.
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s 36

(1)

Every licensed local institution shall—

(a)

maintain a reserve fund; and

(b)

before declaring any dividend from its net profits of each year (after due provision made for taxation), transfer to its reserve fund out of the net profits of each year—

(i)

a sum equal to not less than fifty per centum of the net profits of that year, so long as the amount of the reserve fund is less than fifty per centum of its paid-up capital; or

(ii)

a sum equal to not less than twenty-five per centum of the net profits of that year, so long as the amount of the reserve fund is fifty per centum but less than one hundred per centum of its paid-up capital.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Bank may from time to time specify a different portion of the net profits of each year, being either lesser or greater than the portions specified in subsection (1), to be transferred to the reserve fund of a licensed local institution for the purpose of ensuring that the amount of the reserve fund of such institution is sufficient for the purpose of its business and adequate in relation to its liabilities.

(3)

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