Section 3(1)(a) in Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978
(a)"bank" means,-(i)a co-operative society (including a co-operative bank);(ii)the Reserve Bank of India constituted under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934;(iii)a banking company as defined in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949;(iv)the State Bank of India constituted under the State Bank of India Act, 1955;(v)a subsidiary bank as defined in the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959;(vi)a corresponding new bank constituted under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970;(vii)the Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation constituted under the Agricultural Refinance Co-operation Act, 1963;(viii)the Karnataka State Agro-Industries Corporation, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956;(ix)the Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956;(x)any other financial institution owned or controlled by the Government or the Central Government and notified by the Government as a bank for the purpose of this Act;