What is Legal tender character of notes? What is the meaning of Certain bank notes to cease to be legal tender? Section 26 and 26A of Reserve Bank of India Act 1934
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), every bank note shall be legal tender at any place in India in payment or on account for the amount expressed therein, and shall be guaranteed by the Central Government.
(2) On recommendation of the Central Board the Central Government may, by notification in the Gazette of India, declare that, with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification, any series of bank notes of any denomination shall cease to be legal tender save at such office or agency of the Bank and to such extent as may be specified in the notification.
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 26, no bank note of the denominational value of five hundred rupees, one thousand rupees or ten thousand rupees issued before the 13th day of January, 1946, shall be legal tender in payment or on account for the amount expressed therein.
Section 21 - Bank to have the right to transact Government business in India
Section 21A - Bank to transact Government business of States on agreement
Section 22 - Right to issue bank notes
Section 24 - Denominations of notes
Section 25- Form of bank notes
Section 26 - Legal tender character of notes
Section 26A - Certain bank notes to cease to be legal tender
Section 27 - Re-issue of notes
Section 28 - Recovery of notes lost, stolen, mutilated or imperfect
Section 28A - Issue of special bank notes and special one rupee notes in certain cases
Section 29 - Bank exempt from stamp duty on bank notes
Section 30 - Powers of Central Government to supersede Central Board
Section 31 - Issue of demand bills and notes
Section 33 - Assets of the Issue Department
Section 34 - Liabilities of the issue department
Section 35 - Initial assets and liabilities
Section 36 - Method of dealing with fluctuations in rupee coin assets
Section 37 - Suspension of assets requirements as to foreign securities
Section 38 - Obligations of Government and the Bank in respect of rupee coin
Section 39 - Obligation to supply different forms of currency