Section 189 — Interpretation

For the purposes of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,—
( a) “banking company” means a company to which the provisions of the
Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949) applies and includes any bank
or banking institution referred to in section 51 of that Act;
( b) “primary agricultural credit society”, and “primary co-operative agricul-
tural and rural development bank” shall have the meanings respectively
assigned to them in section 150;
( c) “specified sum” means any sum of money receivable, whether as advance
or otherwise, in relation to transfer of an immovable property, whether
or not the transfer takes place;
( d) “specified advance” means any sum of money in the nature of advance, by
whatever name called, in relation to transfer of an immovable property,
whether or not the transfer takes place.