TMI BlogSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (PROHIBITION OF FRAUDULENT AND UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES RELATING TO SECURITIES MARKET) REGULATIONS, 1995X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Markets) Regulations, 1995. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. Definitions 2.(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires - (a) Act means the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992); (b) dealing in securities means an act of buying, selling or otherwise dealing in any security or agreeing to buy, sell or otherwise deal in any security by any person either as principal or as agent; (c) fraud includes any of the following acts committed by a party to a contract, or with his connivance, or by his agent, with intent to deceive another party thereto or his agent, or to induce ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ransactions in securities, with the intention of artificially raising or depressing the prices of securities and thereby inducing the sale or purchase of securities by any person; (b) indulge in any act, which is calculated to create a false or misleading appearance of trading on the securities market; (c) indulge in any act which results in reflection of prices of securities based on transactions that are not genuine trade transactions; (d) enter into a purchase or sale of any securities, not intended to effect transfer of beneficial ownership but intended to operate only as a device to inflate, depress, or cause fluctuations in the market price of securities; (e) pay, offer or agree to pay or offer, directly or indirec ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ale of, or any other dealing in, any securities; (b) on his own behalf or on behalf of any person, knowingly buy, sell or otherwise deal in securities, pending the execution of any order of his client relating to the same security for purchase, sale or other dealings in respect of securities. Nothing contained in this clause shall apply where according to the clients instruction, the transaction for the client is to be effected only under specified conditions or in specified circumstances; (c) intentionally and in contravention of any law for the time being in force delays the transfer of securities in the name of the transferee or the despatch of securities or connected documents to any transferee; (d) indulge in falsif ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e the Board is satisfied that in the interest of the investors or in the public interest, no such notice should be given, it may, by an order in writing and recording the reasons as far as practicable, direct that the investigation be undertaken without such notice. (3) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, an order passed under regulation 7 shall be a sufficient authority for the Investigating Officer to undertake the investigation and, on production of an authenticated copy of the order, the person concerned shall be bound to carry out the duty imposed in regulation 9. Duty to produce records, etc. 9. ( 1) It shall be the duty of every person in respect of whom an investigation has been ordered under regulation 8 to pr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... stigation as may be reasonably sought by such officer. Submission of Report to the Board 10. The Investigating Officer shall, on completion of the investigation, after taking into account all relevant facts and submissions made by the person concerned, submit a report to the Board. Power of the Board to issue directions 11. The Board may, after consideration of the report referred to in regulation 10 and after giving reasonable a opportunity of hearing to the person concerned, issue directions for ensuring due compliance with the provisions of the Act, rules and regulations made thereunder, for the purposes specified in regulation 8. Purpose of directions 12. The purposes for which directions under regulation 1 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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