23. Section 96 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :-
96. (1) The reserves required to be maintained by a commercial bank or a prescribed financial institution shall be calculated on such basis as may be prescribed by the Monetary Board. |
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(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the principal office in sri Lanka of a commercial bank or a prescribed financial institution and the respective branches and agencies of such bank or financial institution shall be deemed to be one unit,'. |
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