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Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 2(1) A person who intends to establish or operate a central securities depository shall, apply in writing to the Commission.(2) The application shall be ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 3: The Commission shall grant an application in writing if it is satisfied that (a) the proposed central securities depository rules of the applica ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 5 (1) A depository shall not amend its rules, except with the prior approval of the Commission. (2) A depository which intends to amend its rules s ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 4: The Commission may, impose conditions in relation to (a) the paid-up or authorised capital of the depository,(b) the shareholding of the members ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 11: (1)  A depository shall provide assistance to the Commission for the performance of its functions. (2)  The Commission and its agents ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 14: (1) A depository or its participant shall lodge the certificate and instrument with the issuer within the period prescribed in the central securitie ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 14: (3) The issuer shall refuse registration of the transfer where(a) the certificate is not a genuine certificate or is a certificate that has been rep ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 16: (1)  A person shall not trade in any eligible security on a stock exchange, after the admission date, unless the security has been deposited wi ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 17: (1) A depository may prescribe a date by notice after which a member of a stock exchange may not receive a certificate representing an eligible secu ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 18: (1) A depository and its participants are liable to a depositor for any loss or damage in respect of a certificate deposited by a depositor with the ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 19(1): A depositor may, withdraw a security standing to the credit of the depositor's securities account on application to the depository. (2) Wher ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 20 (1) A person shall not trade securities withdrawn from a depository on a stock exchange unless the security is re-deposited in a depository.(2) ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

 Section 21(1) A person shall not withdraw from a depository, [sic]security which is prescribed as a dematerialised security.(2) A stock exchange may, with ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 22(1):  (1)  A depository may in consultation with the Commission, prescribe a period after which securities or a class of securities held or ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 22 (2)  &(4)An issuer of a dematerialised security shall be notified by the depository, of the decision taken in accordance with subsection (1) ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 22(3)An issuer of a dematerialised security shall (i) give notice to the public that the security shall, on the dematerialisation date, become a de ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 23(1) Every issuer of a security prescribed as a dematerialised security, shall on or after the dematerialisation date(a) surrender the physical registe ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 23(2)(2) A depository shall maintain an official Register which shall include the name and particulars of (a)  each depositor with a security ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 30A depository shall keep records and accounts to show particulars of (a)  transfers of book-entry securities to and from a securities account ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 31(1) A depository shall cause an audit to be conducted in respect of its records and accounts at the end of each financial year. (2) The audit sha ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 33 (1) & (2) (1) An issuer of a book-entry security may by written notice require a depository to furnish it with a record of the depositors in ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 33(3) A member of an issuer or any other person may require the issuer to furnish him with a copy of the record of depositors or a part of it on th ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 34(1)A depository shall be the registered owner of a security for the purposes of effecting transfer of ownership of that security on behalf of a deposi ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 34(2) A depository as a registered owner shall not have voting rights or any other rights in respect of securities held by it.  ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 34(3)A depositor of a book-entry security whose name appears in the record of depositors is entitled to rights, benefits, powers and privileges and to l ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 34(4)(4) Despite the Companies Code, a depositor is not entitled to attend a general meeting of a company, speak or vote at the meeting unless the depos ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 35(1) Persons named as depositors in a Register of Depositors shall, for the period that the deposited securities are entered against their names in the ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 36(1)  The Central Securities Depository may terminate its agreement(a) to clear or settle securities transactions, or (b) to act as a deposit ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 36 (2) (2) Where the central securities depository terminates its agreement, the depository may(a) set-off obligations between the insolvent partic ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 37A depository shall not purchase, acquire, or deal in book-entry securities as principal other than for a purpose and in a manner that may be permitted ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 38(1)Where a stock exchange or a depository prescribes any securities proposed to be listed or quoted on a stock exchange to be immobilised or demateria ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 38(2)Upon completion of the allotment or allocation of the security, the issuer or offeror shall (a) confirm with the central securities depository ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 39(1)(1)  Where an issuer, in relation to book-entry securities (a)  makes a bonus issue of shares by way of an increase in its total iss ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 40A person who intends to underwrite securities proposed to be listed on a stock exchange, or rights issue in respect of a book-entry security, shall op ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 41(1)Where a security deposited with a depository is charged by a depositor referred to as "the charger" in favour of a person referred to as "the charg ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 42(1) A depository may specify a deposited securities account to be in suspense (a) where the transfer of the security in the name of the central s ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 43Each depository and its depository agent shall take reasonable measures to protect information and documents related to the affairs of depositors and ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 44(1) Subject to this Act, a director, officer, employee or agent of a central securities depository or any other person who has access to information o ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 45A person shall not disclose information or a document in respect of deposited securities to another person except (a) if the depositor, the depos ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 47(1) The Commission may give directions in writing to(a)  a central securities depository,(b)  a nominee of a central securities depository,( ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 48(1)(1) The Commission shall enter and search premises (a) where there is reasonable grounds to believe that an offence under this Act has been or ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 49(1)(1) The Commission may require a depository or its agent to disclose to the Commission (a) the acquisition or disposal of deposited securities ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 53 of Act 733(1) A central securities depository shall establish and maintain a Guarantee Fund for the purpose of providing an indemnity against default ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 54(1)  A person who(a) records or stores, information that is false or misleading;(b) falsifies, destroys or removes(i)   information whi ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 55A person who (a) destroys, conceals, or alters a record or account required to be kept under this Act; or (b) sends, attempts to send or con ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 56A person who furnishes information which is false or misleading (a) for the purpose of, or in connection with, any application under this Act; or ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 24An issuer shall not issue a certificate in respect of a dematerialised security after the dematerialisation date.  ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 28(1) A person shall not deal in book-entry securities unless the person holds a securities account with a central securities depository.  ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 29(1) A depository shall issue statements of accounts to depositors, in respect of book-entry securities held by or registered in the name of the deposi ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 7:  A depository shall (a)facilitate the admittance of securities into the central securities depository;(b)facilitate the deposit and withdra ...

Central Securities Depository Act, 2007 (Act 733).

Section 7. A Depository shall   (a) facilitate the admittance of securities into the central securities depository.          ...