SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
DIVISION CHIEF
MUTUAL FUNDS DEPARTMENT
MFD/CIR/1/189/2000
April. 10, 2000
A.. Mutual Funds registered with SEBI/
Unit Trust of India
Dear Sir,
Re. : SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations – Gazette Notification dated March 14, 2000 and Money Market Mutual Fund Schemes
P.ease find enclosed a copy of the Amendments to SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 published in The Gazette of India dated March 14, 2000 for your information and implementation.
Further, it is to inform you that the Reserve Bank of India has withdrawn its guidelines on money market mutual funds (MMMFs) w.e.f. March 7, 2000. According.y, such money market mutual fund schemes, .ike any other mutua. fund schemes, would exclusive.y be governed by the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations,1996.
Yours faithfully,
P.K.NAGPA.
Enc. : as above
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
MUMBAI, THE 14th DAY OF MARCH 2000
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (MUTUAL FUNDS)
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000
S.O. 23 5(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) the Board hereby makes the following Regulations further to amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996, name.y:
I.(1) These Regulations may be ca..ed the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
II. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996,
(1) In Regulation 53, after sub-clause (b), new sub-clauses (c) and (d) shall be added as under:
“(c) In the event of failure to despatch the redemption or repurchase proceeds within the period specified in sub-clause (b), the asset management company shall be liable to pay interest to the unit holders at such rate as may be specified by Board for the period of such delay.
(d) Notwithstanding payment of such interest to the unit holders under sub-clause (c), the asset management company may be liable for penalty for failure to despatch the redemption or repurchase proceeds within the stipulated time.”
(2) After Regulation 59, a new Regulation 59A shall be inserted as under:
“59A. A mutual fund shall before the expiry of one month from the close of each ha.f year (i.e.
31st March and 30th September), send to all unit holders a complete statement of its scheme portfolio.
Provided that statement of scheme portfolio may not be sent to the unit holders, if the statement is published, by way of an advertisement, in one English daily circulating in the who.e of India and in a newspaper published in the language of the region where the head office of the mutual fund is situated.”
(3) In the Seventh Schedule,
a. in proviso to clause (10), for the word ‘in’, the words ‘in case of’ sha.. be substituted.
b. in clause (11), –
i. the word ‘unlisted’ shall be inserted after the words ‘for the’ and before the words ‘equity shares’.
ii. for the word ‘investments’ appearing after the words ‘equity related’, the word ‘instruments’ shall be substituted.
(4) In the Eleventh Schedule, in clause 3, in item (vii), the sub-item (c) shall be omitted.
F.No. SEBI/LE/4331/2000
D.R. MEHTA
CHAIRMAN
Foot Note:
- The principal regulation, SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996, was issued under S.O. No. 856(E), dated December 6, 1996 published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3 (ii), dated December 9, 1996.
- SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 was subsequent.y amended by the SEBI (Mutual Funds) (Amendment) Regulations, 1997, issued under S.O. NO. 327 (E), published in Gazette of India dated April 15, 1997.
- SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 was subsequent.y amended by the SEBI (Mutual Funds) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998, issued under S.O. No. 32(E), published in the Gazette of India dated January 12, 1998.
- Corrigendum to SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 was issued under S.O. No.105 (E) published in the Gazette of India dated February 6, 1998.
- SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 was subsequent.y amended by the SEBI (Mutual Funds) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999 issued under S.O. No. 1223(E), published in the Gazette of India dated December 8, 1999.
