17:9A-63. Exempt transactions
63. Exempt transactions. A. A bank or savings bank shall not be in violation of this article if the loans and extensions of credit to a person incurred under any prior law repealed or superseded by this act exceed the limitations imposed by this article.
B. A bank or savings bank shall not be in violation of this article if, at any time when a bank or savings bank makes a loan or extension of credit to a person, the total loans and extensions of credit to such person, including the loan or extension of credit then made, do not or did not exceed the limitations imposed by this article, notwithstanding that, subsequent to the making of any such loan or extension of credit, circumstances other than the making of an additional loan or extension of credit, cause the total loans and extensions of credit to such person to exceed the limitations imposed by this article.
C. Notwithstanding any provision of this article, a bank or savings bank may, with the prior approval of the commissioner, do any act necessary to preserve or protect any loan or extension of credit, obligation or investment held by it, or any security for such loan or extension of credit or obligation, even though such act causes the total loans and extensions of credit to any person to exceed the limitations imposed by this article; provided, that in no case shall the commissioner approve any act pursuant to this subsection which would cause the total loans and extensions of credit to any person to exceed the limitations imposed by this article by more than fifty percent of such limitations.
L.1948,c.67,s.63; amended 1953, c.141, s.3; 1997, c.33, s.12.
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