RA 337 Section 5

Section 5

SEC. 5. The following terms shall be held to be synonymous and interchangeable: (a) "Commercial bank" and "Commercial banking corporation"; (b) "Savings Banks," "mortgage bank," and "savings and mortgage bank"; (c) "Building and loan association" and "mutual building and loan association"; (d) "Trust company" and "trust corporation"; and (e) "Foreign bank" and "foreign banking corporation."

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