SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub- Brokers) Amendment Regulations, 2010

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Notification No. LAD-NRO/GN/2010-11/06/1097, dated 13-4-2010

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 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 (Stock Brokers and Sub- Brokers) Regulations, 1992, namely :-

1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers and Sub- Brokers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010.

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 (Stock Brokers and Sub-Brokers) Regulations, 1992, –

(i) in regulation 6, the following proviso and Explanation shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided that, subject to the conditions of regulation 6A, a stock broker holding a certificate of registration with respect to membership of a recognised stock exchange having nationwide trading terminals shall be eligible for trading on SME platform established by such stock exchange without obtaining a separate certificate of registration for trading on the SME platform.

Explanation: For the purpose of this regulation, SME platform means a trading platform of a recognised stock exchange having nationwide trading terminals and permitted by the Board to list the securities issued in accordance with Chapter XA of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009.”

(ii) in regulation 11, the following sub-regulation and Explanation shall be inserted, namely:-

“(3) Subject to the provisions of regulation 12A, no fresh certificate need to be obtained under sub-regulation (1) where a registered sub-broker is affiliated to stock broker who is eligible to trade on SME platform.