Regulation 54 - Manner of surrender of certificate of security - SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (DEPOSITORIES AND PARTICIPANTS) REGULATIONS, 1996

Manner of surrender of certificate of security. 54. (1) Any beneficial owner, who has entered into an agreement with a participant, shall inform the participant of the details of the certificate of security which is to be dematerialised, and shall surrender such certificate to the participant : Provided that where a beneficial owner has appointed a custodian of securities, then he may surrender the certificates of security to the participant through his custodian of securities. (2) The participant shall, on receipt of information under sub-regulation (1), forward such details of the certificate of security to the depository and shall confirm to the depository that an agreement has been entered into between the participant and the beneficial owner. (3) The participant shall maintain records indicating the names of beneficial owners of the securities surrendered, the number of securities and other details of the certificate of security received. 1 [(4) The participant shall, within seven days of the receipt of certificate of security referred to in sub-regulation (1) furnish to the issuer details specified in sub-regulation (2) along with the certificate of security. (5) Within 15 days of receipt of the certificate of security from the participant the issuer shall confirm to the depository that securities comprised in the said certificate have been listed on the stock exchange or exchanges where the earlier issued securities are listed and shall also after due verification immediately mutilate and cancel the certificate of security and substitute in its record the name of the depository as the registered owner and shall send a certificate to this effect to the depository and to every stock exchange where the security is listed : Provided that in case of unlisted companies the condition of listing on all the stock exchanges where earlier issued shares are listed, shall not be applicable.] (6) Immediately upon receipt of information from the issuer under sub-regulation (5), the depository shall enter in its records the name of the person who has surrendered the certificate of security as the beneficial owner, as well as the name of the participant from whom it has received intimation under sub-regulation (2), and shall send an intimation of the same to the participant. (7) The issuer shall maintain a record of certificates of securities which have been dematerialised. ********** 1 Substituted, supra