Identity area
Reference code
LK LK-NA LK-NA/133
Title
Bank of Ceylon.
Date(s)
- 1968-1982 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Files 1-61 ,typed and printed
Context area
Name of creator
Bank of Ceylon
(1968-1982)
Administrative history
The Bank of Ceylon was established on 1st August 1939 in terms of the Bank of Ceylon Act No. 53 of 1938. It was a direct outcome of the Report of the Banking Commission appointed in 1934.
In terms of Section 7 of the Bank of Ceylon Act, the Bank was authorised to open accounts, to discount bills, to negotiate loans, to collect money, to transact agency business, to borrow or raise money, to lend and advance money, to buy and sell shares, to act as trustees, and to procure recognition of the Bank abroad.
The Bank upto 1946 concentrated in the areas of domestic banking, On 5.10.1949 the London Office of the Bank of Ceylon was opened at Ludgate Hill. Since 1950 Pay Offices of the Bank of Ceylon were opened in main towns to serve needs overseas. Under the Monetary Act No. 65 of 1961 the Bank of Ceylon became a Nationalised Institution from 27.7.1961.
In terms of Section 7 of the Bank of Ceylon Act, the Bank was authorised to open accounts, to discount bills, to negotiate loans, to collect money, to transact agency business, to borrow or raise money, to lend and advance money, to buy and sell shares, to act as trustees, and to procure recognition of the Bank abroad.
The Bank upto 1946 concentrated in the areas of domestic banking, On 5.10.1949 the London Office of the Bank of Ceylon was opened at Ludgate Hill. Since 1950 Pay Offices of the Bank of Ceylon were opened in main towns to serve needs overseas. Under the Monetary Act No. 65 of 1961 the Bank of Ceylon became a Nationalised Institution from 27.7.1961.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Annual Reports and Accounts (1968-1982), Annual Report of the Board of Directors (1974-1975), Observations made by the Auditor General on the Annual Report (1975), Income and Expenditure (1974-1975), consolidated statement of condition (1974-1975), Central Bank bulletin (1980), Bank of Ceylon news (1981), credit (1981), pension scheme (1981),international services (1981), national endowment scheme (1981), publicity posters and calendars.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- සිංහල
- Tamil
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Bank of Ceylon (Creator)
Description control area
Description identifier
LK-NA/BOC
Institution identifier
LK-NA
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G)
Status
Final
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
International Council on Archives Guide to the Sources of Asian History Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka II (Vol 1), National Archives of Sri Lanka, 1996.