(a)

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any bank or trust company holding securities as a fiduciary, cofiduciary, agent for a fiduciary or custodian pursuant to § 45-2-1003(a) and (b), is authorized to deposit or arrange for the deposit of the securities in a clearing corporation, as defined in § 47-8-102.

(2) When the securities are so deposited, certificates representing securities of the same class of the same issuer may be merged and held in bulk in the name of the nominee of the clearing corporation with any other securities deposited in the clearing corporation by any person, regardless of the ownership of the securities, and certificates of small denomination may be merged into one (1) or more certificates of larger denominations.

(3) The records of the bank or trust company acting as a fiduciary, cofiduciary, agent for a fiduciary or custodian, shall at all times show the name of the party for whose account the securities are so deposited.

(4) Title to the securities may be transferred by bookkeeping entry on the books of the clearing corporation without physical delivery of certificates representing the securities.

(5) A bank or trust company so depositing securities pursuant to this section shall be subject to the rules and regulations as, in the case of state-chartered institutions, the commissioner and, in the case of national banking associations, the comptroller of the currency may from time to time issue.

(6) A bank or trust company acting as agent for a fiduciary or custodian shall, on demand by the fiduciary, certify in writing to the fiduciary the securities so deposited by the bank or trust company in the clearing corporation for the account of the fiduciary.

(b) This section shall apply to any bank or trust company holding securities as a fiduciary, cofiduciary, agent for a fiduciary or custodian acting on March 6, 1978, or who thereafter may act, regardless of the date, agreement, instrument, or court order by which it is appointed and regardless of whether or not the fiduciary, cofiduciary, agent for a fiduciary or custodian, owns capital stock of the clearing corporation.