SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 17th January, 2023
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (SETTLEMENT PROCEEDINGS) (AMENDMENT)
REGULATIONS, 2023
No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2023/118.—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 15JB of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, Section 23JA of the Securities Contracts (Regulation)Act, 1956 and Section 19-IA of the Depositories Act, 1996 read with Section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, Section 31 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 and 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 (Settlement Proceedings) Regulations, 2018, namely:—
1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Settlement Proceedings) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023.
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 (Settlement Proceedings) Regulations, 2018, in regulation 23,
(1) sub-regulation (1) shall be substituted by-
“(1) The Whole Time Member, Adjudicating Officer or the competent officer of the Board before whom the proceedings are pending, shall dispose of the respective proceedings, by an appropriate order, on the basis of the approved settlement terms.”;
(2) the Explanation to sub-regulation (1) shall be omitted; and
(3) sub-regulation (2) shall be omitted.
BABITHA RAYUDU, Executive Director
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./570/2022-23]
