Pledge include re-pledge of securities for margin / settlement obligations of client – SEBI

Pledge include re-pledge of securities for margin/settlement obligations of client-SEBI (Depositories and Participants) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA

NOTIFICATION

Mumbai, the 21st February, 2020

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (DEPOSITORIES AND PARTICIPANTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2020

No.SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/04.—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 read with Section 25 of the Depositories Act, 1996, the Securities and Exchange Board of India hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018 namely:—

1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020.

2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

3. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018

(1) In regulation 79, the following explanation shall be inserted after sub-regulation (12),-

“Explanation:-For the purpose of these regulations, “pledge” includes re-pledge of securities for marginand/ or settlement obligations of the client or such other purposes as specified by the Board from time to time.”

AJAY TYAGI, Chairman
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./466/19]

Footnote:

1. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018 were published in the Gazette of India on October 3, 2018 vide No. No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/40.

2. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018 were subsequently amended–

(1) on June 4, 2019 by The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 videNo. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2019/20. 

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