**[53. Power to exempt in certain cases. — (1) The Central Government may, on the recommendation of the Reserve Bank, declare, by notification in the Official Gazette, that any or all of the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any banking company or institution or to any class of banking companies either generally or for such period as may be specified] either generally or for such period as may be specified.

(2) A copy of every notification proposed to be issued under sub-section (1) relating to any banking company or institution or any class, of banking companies or any branch of a banking company or an institution as the case may be, functioning or located in any Special Economic Zone established under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005) shall be laid in draft before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in disapproving the issue of the notification or both Houses agree in making any modification in the notification, the notification shall not be issued or, as the case may be, shall be issued only in such modified form as may be agreed upon by both the Houses.]

**[Section 53 renumbered as sub-section (1) and (2) and modified by Special Economic Zones Act, 2005]

**[Section 53 further modified by Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2007, w.e.f. 23rd January, 2007