The Securities and Exchange Board of India issued the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substitution of Registered Post with Speed Post) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025, which amend multiple existing regulations across different SEBI frameworks. These amendments replace references to “registered post” or “Registered A.D.” with “Speed Post with Registration” or “Speed Post with Registration with Acknowledgment Due,” ensuring uniformity in modes of official communication. The changes apply to the Collective Investment Schemes Regulations, 1999; the Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Regulations, 2003; the Intermediaries Regulations, 2008; and the Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements Regulations, 2018. Specific provisions and schedules across these regulations are updated to require Speed Post-based communication for notices, submissions, and related procedural requirements. The amendments come into effect upon publication in the Official Gazette and are aimed at modernizing and standardizing communication methods across SEBI-regulated activities.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 3rd December, 2025
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (SUBSTITUTION OF REGISTERED POST WITH SPEED POST) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2025
F. No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2025/281.— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 read with section 11 and section 19 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Board hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations, 1999, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008 and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018, namely, –
1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substitution of Registered Post with Speed Post) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025.
2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Amendments to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations, 1999
3. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations, 1999, –
I. In Chapter V, in regulation 31, in sub-regulation (3), the words and symbols “Registered A.D.” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration with Acknowledgment Due”.
II. In the Sixth Schedule,
i. in paragraph 4, in clause (ii), the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”;
ii. in paragraph 17, the words “Registered Post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”;
iii. in paragraph 30, in clause (v), the words “Registered Post with Acknowledgement Due” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration with Acknowledgment Due”; and
iv. in paragraph 34, in clause 34.2, the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”.
Amendments to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003
4. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003, –
I. In Chapter III, in regulation 11A, in sub-regulation (1),
i. in clause (b), the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”;
and
ii. in the proviso to clause (b), the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”.
Amendments to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008
5. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008, –
I. In Chapter VI, in regulation 34, in sub-regulation (1), in clause (b), the words “registered post acknowledgement due” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration with Acknowledgment Due”.
Amendments to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018
6. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018,-
I. In Chapter III, in Part VII, in regulation 77, in sub-regulation (2), the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”.
II. In Chapter VIII,
i. in regulation 222, in sub-regulation (1), the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”; and
ii. in regulation 223, in sub-regulation (1), in clause (e), the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”.
III. In Schedule VI,
i. in Part A, in clause (15), in sub-clause (B), in item (24), in sub-item (c), in point (ii), the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”; and
ii. in Part B, in clause (1), in sub-clause (XVIII), in item (6), in sub-item (c), in point (iii), the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”.
AMIT PRADHAN , Executive Director
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./519/2025-26]
