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realizing or dealing with any security to purchase the equity of redemption of or any share or other interest of whatsoever nature in any property upon or in connection with which the Bank has or inay have any charge or lien.
(7) To issue on commission, underwrite or otherwise subscribe con- ditionally or unconditionally for, take, acquire, hold, sell, ex- change, and otherwise deal in shares, stocks, funds, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages, obligations, options, option certificates, Treasury Bills, or securities of any government, state, principality, authority, or body, whether supreme, pro- vincial, municipal, local or otherwise, or of any corporation, company, association, syndicate, firm, or person; and to give any guarantee for the payment of money or the performance of any obligation or undertaking in relation to mortgages, contracts, and agreements of every nature, loans, investments, and securities or otherwise, or for any other purpose, and whether made or effected or acquired through the Bank's agency or otherwise.
(8) To form, promote] finance, subsidise and assist railways, tram- ways, or other commercial undertakings, of whatsoever nature, whether on sea or on land, and also corporations, companies, associations, syndicates, firms, or persons, of all kinds or descriptions; and to negotiate loans of every description with any government, state, principality, authority, or body, whether supreme, provincial, municipal, local or otherwise and with any corporation, company, association, syndicate, firm or person.
(9) To act as trustee for the holders of or otherwise in relation to any shares, stocks, funds, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, mortgages, obligations, options, option certificates. Treasury Bills, or securities issued or to be issued by any government, state, provincial, municipal or other authority, corporation, company, association, syndicate, firm or person and generally to undertake and execute any trusts, whether public or private, and to undertake and execute either alone or jointly with others, and either in its own name or through or by means of an Officer or a party appointed by the Bank, the office of Receiver or Manager for debenture holders or other mortgagees, Custodian. Trustee, Executor, Administrator, Receiver, Manager, Com- mittee, Liquidator, Treasurer, Comptroller, Registrar. Account- ant or Auditor, or any other office of trust or confidence, and to perform and discharge the duties incident to any such office, and to transact all kinds of business arising in connection there- with; and to keep for any corporation, company, association, syndicate, firm or person and for any government, state, principality, authority or body, whether supreme, provincial, municipal, local or otherwise, any register relating to any real or personal property, or to any stocks, funds, shares or securities, and to undertake any duties in relation thereto, or to the registration of transfers, assignments, mortgages, charges, deeds, documents or things, or the issue of certificates, or otherwise.
(10) To make deposits, enter into recognizances and bonds and other- wise give security for the due execution and performance, whether by the Bank or by any Officer of the Bank or by any other party, of the duties of Custodian, Trustee, Executor, Administrator, Receiver, Manager, Committee, Liquidator, Treasurer, Comptroller, Registrar, Accountant, or Auditor, or any other office of trust or confidence, or any other duties, or any contracts, agreements or obligations, and generally to carry on guarantee and fidelity business of all kinds, and to effect counter-guarantees.
(11) To purchase or otherwise acquire and to invest money in or to advance and lend money on the security of land or any interest therein, buildings, crops, godowns, goods, wares, merchandise and produce, shares, securities and any other kind of real and personal property whatsoever and wheresoever.
(12) To develop and turn to account any land, buildings, or other immovable property or rights therein acquired by the Bank or in which it is interested, and in particular by laying out and preparing the same for building purposes, constructing, altering, pulling down, maintaining fitting up and improving buildings or property, and by planting, paving, draining, farming, cultivat- ing, letting on lease, or agreement for lease, or letting on building lease or building agreement, and by advancing money to and entering into contracts and arrangements of all kinds with lessces, tenants, builders, purchasers, contractors and others.
(13) Generally to purchase, take on lease, or in exchange, hire, or otherwirse acquire, and improve, manage, work, develop and exercise all rights in respect of, lease, mortgage, sell, dispose of, turn to account, or otherwise deal with all or any of the assets or rights of the Bank, or any real or personal property of any kind wherever situate, and any concessions, franchises, charters, patents, monopolies, privileges, or rights, whatsoever and wheresoever, which the Bank may think necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business or with reference to any of these objects, or the acquisition of which may seem calculated to facilitate the realization of any securities held by the Bank, or to prevent or diminish any apprehended loss or liability.
(14) To enter into any arrangements with any government, state, principality, authority, or body, whether supreme, provincial, municipal, local or otherwise, or any other banks that may seem conducive to the Bank's objects or any of them, and to obtain from any such government, state, principality, authority or body, or bank and thereafter to carry out, exercise, develop. and otherwise deal with, and turn to account any concessions, franchises, charters, patents, monopolies, privileges, or rights. whatsoever and wheresoever.
(15) To receive on deposit, gratuitously or otherwise, for safe custody, transit or otherwise, money, securities for money, documents of or relating to title to property of all kinds, bullion, jewellery, pictures, plate and other articles of value, goods," chattels,
kind. moveable effects, and personal property of every
(16) To issue warrants, documents of title and other mercantile instruments or indicia of title or possession, against deposits of all kinds made with the Bank.
(17) To procure the Bank to be registered or recognised in the United Kingdom or in any colony or dependency thereof, or in any British Dominion or in any foreign country or state, or colony or dependency thereof, or in any protected or mandated territory, whether under British or foreign control.
(18) To obtain any charter or letters patent or any Act, Ordinance or decree of the Imperial Parliament, or of any Dominion or Colonial Parliament or Legislature, or of any Foreign Govern- ment or Authority (whether supreme or provincial) or of any Sovereign, legislative assembly or council, or of any Court of Justice, or any provisional or other order of the Board of Trade, or of any provincial, municipal or local authority or other proper authority of whatever nature for enabling the
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