• Legislation

    Supervision

    Acts & Regulations

    BOU has the mandate to supervise and regulate the operations of financial institutions in the country.

    These include Commercial Banks, Credit Institutions, Micro Finance Deposit-Taking Institutions (MDIs), and Forex Bureaux.

    A number of acts and regulations govern this mandate and the supervision of financial institutions.

    BOU Acts

    1. BOU Act, 1969;

    2. BOU Act, 2000;

    Supervision Acts

    1. FI Act, 2004;

    2. MDI Act, 2003;

    Supervision Regulations

    1. FI Anti Money, 2010;

    2. FI Capital Adequacy Regulations, 2005;

    3. FI Consolidated, 2010;

    4. FI Corporate Governance Regulations, 2005;

    5. FI Credit Classification Regulations, 2005;

    6. FI Credit Concentration Exposure Limits, 2005;

    7. FI Credit Reference Regulations, 2005;

    8. FI External Auditors, 2010;

    9. FI Foreign Exchange, 2010;

    10. FI Insider Lending Limits, 2005;

    11. FI License Regulations, 2005;

    12. FI Liquidity Regulations, 2005;

    13. FI Ownership Control Regulations, 2005;

    14. FX Act, 2004;

    Other Acts and Regulations

    1. FX Regulations, 2006;

    2. MDI Regulations, 2004;

    3. Intervention Policy, 1997;