THE SECURITIES LAWS (AMENDMENT)

SECOND ORDINANCE, 2013

NO. 9 OF 2013
Promulgated by the President in the Sixty-fourth Year of the Republic of India.
An Ordinance further to amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992,
the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 and the Depositories Act, 1996.
WHEREAS the Securities Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 further to amend the
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act,
1956 and the Depositories Act, 1996 was promulgated by the President on the 18th July, 2013;
AND WHEREAS the Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2013 with certain modifications
was introduced in the House of the People to replace the said Ordinance but has not yet
been passed;
AND WHEREAS Parliament is not in session and the President is satisfied that
circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action to give
continued effect to the provisions of the said Ordinance;
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 16th September, 2013/Bhadra 25, 1935 (Saka).
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NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 123 of the
Constitution, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance:
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Securities Laws (Amendment) Second
Ordinance, 2013.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, it shall be deemed to have come into
force on the 18th day of July, 2013.
CHAPTER II
AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA ACT, 1992
2. In section 11 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter in
this Chapter referred to as the principal Act),
(i) in sub-section (2),
(a) for clause (ia), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:
(ia) calling for information and records from any person including
any bank or any other authority or board or corporation established or
constituted by or under any Central or State Act which, in the opinion of
the Board, shall be relevant to any investigation or inquiry by the Board
in respect of any transaction in securities;;
(b) after clause (ia), the following clause shall be inserted and shall be
deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 6th day of March, 1998,
namely:
(ib) calling for information from, or furnishing information to, other
authorities, whether in India or outside India, having functions similar to
those of the Board, in the matters relating to the prevention or detection
of violations in respect of securities laws, subject to the provisions of
other laws for the time being in force in this regard:
Provided that the Board, for the purpose of furnishing any
information to any authority outside India, may enter into an arrangement
or agreement or understanding with such authority with the prior approval
of the Central Government;;
(ii) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:
(5) The amount disgorged, pursuant to a direction issued, under section
11B or section 12A of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 or section
19 of the Depositories Act, 1996, as the case may be, shall be credited to the
Investor Protection and Education Fund established by the Board and such
amount shall be utilised by the Board in accordance with the regulations made
under this Ordinance..
3. In section 11AA of the principal Act,
(i) in sub-section (1)
(a) after the word, brackets and figure sub-section (2), the words,
brackets, figure and letter or sub-section (2A) shall be inserted;
(b) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:
Provided that any pooling of funds under any scheme or
arrangement, which is not registered with the Board or is not covered
under sub-section (3), involving a corpus amount of one hundred crore
rupees or more shall be deemed to be a collective investment scheme.;
Short title and
commencement.
Ame n d me n t
of section 11.
15 of 1992.
42 of 1956.
22 of 1996.
Ame n d me n t
of section
11AA.
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(ii) in sub-section (2), in the opening portion, for the word company, the
word person shall be substituted;
(iii) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:
(2A) Any scheme or arrangement made or offered by any person
satisfying the conditions as may be specified in accordance with the regulations
made under this Act.;
(iv) in sub-section (3),
(a) after the word, brackets and figure sub-section (2), the words,
brackets, figure and letter or sub-section (2A) shall be inserted;
(b) after clause (viii), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:
(ix) such other scheme or arrangement which the Central
Government may, in consultation with the Board, notify,.
4. In section 11B of the principal Act, the following Explanation shall be inserted,
namely:
Explanation.For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the power
to issue directions under this section shall include and always be deemed to have
been included the power to direct any person, who made profit or averted loss by
indulging in any transaction or activity in contravention of the provisions of this Act
or regulations made thereunder, the disgorge an amount equivalent to the wrongful
gain made or loss averted by such contravention..
5. In section 11C of the principal Act,
(i) for sub-section (8), the following sub-section shall be substitued, namely:
(8) Where in the course of an investigation, the Investigating Authority
has reason to believe that any person or enterprise, as the case may be, to
whom a notice under sub-section (3) has been issued or might be issued,
(a) has omitted or failed to provide the information or produce
documents as required in the notice; or
(b) would not provide the information or produce documents which
shall be useful for, or relevant to, the investigation; or
(c) would destroy, mutilate, alter, falsify or secrete the information
or documents useful for, or relevant to, the investigation,
then, the Chairman may, after being satisfied that it is necessary to do so,
authorise the Investigating Authority or any other officer of the Board (the
officer so authorised in all cases being hereinafter referred to as the authorised
officer), to
(i) enter and search, with such assistance, as may be required, the
building, place, vessel, vehicle or aircraft where such information or
documents are expected or believed to be kept;
(ii) break open the lock of any door, box, locker, safe almirah or
other receptacle for exercising the powers conferred by sub-clause (i),
wherer the keys thereof are not available;
(iii) search any person who has got out of, or is about to get into,
or is in, the building, place, vessel, vehicle or aircraft, if the authorised
officer has reason to suspect that such person has secreted about his
person any such books of account or other documents;
(iv) require any person who is found to be in possession or control
of any books of account or other documents, maintained in the form of
Amendment of
section 11B.
Ame n d me n t
of section
11C.
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electronic record, to provide the authorised officer the necessary facility
to inspect such books of account or other documents.
ExplanationFor the purposes of this sub-clause, the expression
electronic record shall have the meaning assigned to it in cluase (t) of
sub-section (1) of section 2 of the information Technology Act, 2000.
(v) seize any such books of account or other documents found as a
result of such search;
(vi) place marks of identification on any books of account or other
documents or make or cause to be made extracts or copies therefrom;
(vii) record on oath the statement of any person who is found to be
in possession or in control of the information or documents referred to in
sub-clause (i), (iii) and (iv).;
(ii) for sub-section (9), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely,
(9) The Board may make regulations in relation to any search or
seizure under this section; and in particular, without prejudice to the generality
of the forgoing power, such regulations may provide for the procedure to be
followed by the authorised officer
(a) for obtaining ingress into any building, place, vessel, vehicle or
aircracft to be searched where free ingress thereto is not available;
(b) for ensuring safe custody of any books of account or other
documents or assets seized.;
(iii) in sub-section (10), the words and inform the Magistrate of such return
shall be omitted.
6. After section 15JA of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted
and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 20th day of April, 2007,
namely:
15JB. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time
being in force, any person, against whom any proceedings have been initiated or may
be initiated under section 11, section 11B, section 11D, sub-section (3) of section 12
or section 15-I, may file an application in writting to the Board proposing for settlement
of the proceeding initiated or to be initiated for the alleged defaults.
(2) The Board may, after taking into consideration the nature, gravity and
impact of defaults, agree to the proposal for settlement, on payment of such sum by
the defaulter or on such other terms as may be determined by the Board in accordance
with the regulations made under this Act.
(3) The settlement proceedings under this section shall be conducted in
accordance with the procedure specified in the regulations made under this Act.
(4) No appeal shall lie under section 15T against any order passed by the Board
or Adjudicating officer, as the case may be, under this section..
7. In section 15T of the principal Act,sub-section (2) shall be omitted.
8. In section 26 of the principal Act, sub-section (2) shall be omitted.
21 of 2000.
Insertion of
new section
15JB.
Settlement of
administrative
and civil
proceedings.
Ame n d me n t
of section 15T.
Amendment of
section 26.
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9. After section 26 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be inserted,
namely:
26A. (1) The Central Government may, for the purpose of providing speedy
trial of offences under this Act, by notification, establish or designate as many Special
Courts as may be necessary.
(2) A Special Court shall consist of a single judge who shall be appointed by the
Central Government with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court
within whose jurisdiction the judge to be appointed is working.
(3) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a judge of a Special Court
unless he is, immediately before such appointment, holding the office of a Sessions
Judge or an Additional Sessions Judge, as the case may be.
26B. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure,
1973, all offences under this Act committed prior to the date of commencement of the
Securities Laws (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 or on or after the date of such
commencement, shall be taken cognizance of and triable by the Special Court
established for the area in which the offence is committed or where there are more
Special Courts than one for such area, by such one of them as may be specified in this
behalf by the High Court concerned.
26C. The High Court may exercise, so far as may be applicable, all the powers
conferred by Chapters XXIX and XXX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on a
High Court, as if a Special Court within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the High
Court were a Court of Session trying cases within the local limits of the jurisdiction of
the High Court.
26D. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall apply to the proceedings before a Special Court and for
the purposes of the said provisions, the Special Court shall be deemed to be a Court
of Session and the person conducting prosecution before a Special Court shall be
deemed to be a Public Prosecutor within the meaning of clause (u) of section 2 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
(2) The person conducting prosecution referred to in sub-section (1) should
have been in practice as an Advocate for not less than seven years or should have
held a post, for a period of not less than seven years, under the Union or a State,
requiring special knowledge of law.
26E. Any offence committed under this Act, which is triable by a Special Court
shall, until a Special Court is established, be taken cognizance of and tried by a Court
of Session exercising jurisdiction over the area, notwithstanding anything contained
in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973:
Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the powers of the
High Court under section 407 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to transfer any
case or class of cases taken cognizance by a Court of Session under this Section..
10. After section 28 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted,
namely:
28A. (1) If a person fails to pay the penalty imposed by the adjudicating officer
or fails to comply with any direction of the Board for refund of monies or fails to
comply with a direction of disgorgement order issued under section 11B or fails to
pay any fees due to the Board, the Recovery Officer may draw up under his signature
a statement in the specified form specifying the amount due from the person (such
statement being hereafter in this Chapter referred to as certificate) and shall proceed
Establishment
of Special
Courts.
Offences triable
by Special
Courts.
Appeal and
revision.
Application of
Code to
p r o c e e d i n g s
before Special
Court.
2 of 1974.
2 of 1974.
2 of 1974.
2 of 1974.
2 of 1974.
Tr a n s i t i o n a l
provisions.
Insertion of
new section
28A.
Recovery of
amounts.
Insertion of
new sections
26A, 26B,
26C, 26D and
26E.
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to recover from such person the amount specified in the certificate by one or more of
the following modes, namely:
(a) attachment and sale of the persons movable property;
(b) attachment of the persons bank accounts;
(c) attachment and sale of the persons immovable property;
(d) arrest of the person and his detention in prison;
(e) appointing a receiver for the management of the persons movable and
immovable properties;
and for this purpose, the provisions of sections 221 to 227, 228A, 229, 232, the Second
and Third Schedules to the Income-tax Act, 1961 and the Income-tax (Certificate
Proceedings) Rules, 1962, as in force from time to time, in so far as may be, apply with
necessary modifications as if the said provisions and the rules made thereunder were
the provisions of this Act and referred to the amount due under this Act instead of to
income-tax under the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Explanation 1.For the purpose of this sub-section, the persons movable or
immovable property or monies held in bank accounts shall include any property or
monies held in bank accounts which has been transferred directly or indirectly on or
after the date when the amount specified in certificate had become due, by the person
to his spouse or minor child or sons wife or sons minor child, otherwise than for
adequate consideration and which is held by, or stands in the name of, any of the
persons aforesaid; and so far as the movable or immovable property or monies held in
bank accounts so transferred to his minor child or his sons minor child is concerned,
it shall, even after the date of attainment of majority by such minor child or sons
minor child, as the case may be, continue to be included in the persons movable or
immovable property or monies held in bank accounts for recovering any amount due
from the person under this Act.
Explanation 2. Any reference under the provisions of the Second and Third
Schedules to the Income-tax Act, 1961 and the Income-tax (Certificate Proceedings)
Rules, 1962 to the assessee shall be construed as a reference to the person specified
in the certificate.
Explanation 3.Any reference to appeal in Chapter XVIID and the Second
Schedule to the Income-tax Act, 1961, shall be construed as a reference to appeal
before the Securities Appellate Tribunal under section 15T of this Act.
(2) The Recovery Officer shall be empowered to seek the assistance of the local
district administration while exercising the powers under sub-section (1).
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in
force, the recovery of amounts by a Recovery Officer under sub-section (1), pursuant
to non-compliance with any direction issued by the Board under section 11B, shall
have precedence over any other claim against such person.
(4) For the porpose of sub-section (1), ( 2) and (3), the expression Recovery
Officer means any officer of the Board who may be authorised, by general or special
order in writing, to exercise the powers of a Recovery Officer..
11. In section 30 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2),
(i) after clause (c), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:
(ca) the utilisation of the amount credited under sub-section (5) of
section 11;
(cb) the fulfilment of other conditions relating to collective investment
scheme under sub-section (2A) of section 11AA;
(cc) the procedure to be followed by the authorised officer for search or
seizure under sub-section (9) of section 11C;;
43 of 1961.
Amendment to
section 30.
43 of 1961.
43 of 1961.
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(ii) after clause (d), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:
(da) the terms determined by the Board for settlement of proceedings
under sub-section (2) and the procedure for conducting of settlement
proceedings under sub-section (3) of section 15JB;
(db) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, specified by
regulations or in respect of which provision is to be made by regulations..
12. After section 34 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted,
namely:
34A. Any act or thing done or purporting to have been done under the principal
Act, in respect of calling for information from, or furnishing information to, other
authorities, whether in India or outside India, having functions similar to those of the
Board and in respect of settlement of administrative and civil proceedings, shall, for
all purposes, be deemed to be valid and effective as if the amendments made to the
principal Act had been in force at all material times..
CHAPTER III
AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURITIES CONTRACTS
(REGULATION) ACT, 1956
13. In section 12A of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (hereafter in this
Chapter referred to as the principal Act), the following Explanation shall be inserted,
namely:
Explanation.For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that power to
issue directions under this section shall include and always be deemed to have been
included the power to direct any person, who made profit or averted loss by indulging
in any transaction or activity in contravention of the provisions of this Act or
regulations made thereunder, to disgorge an amount equivalent to the wrongful gain
made or loss averted by such contravention..
14. After section 23J of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted and
shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 20th day of April, 2007, namely:
23JA. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time
being in force, any person, against whom any proceedings have been initiated or may
be initiated under section 12A or section 23-I, may file an application in writing to the
Board proposing for settlement of the proceedings initiated or to be initiated for the
alleged defaults.
(2) The Board may, after taking into consideration the nature, gravity and impact
of defaults, agree to the proposal for settlement, on payment of such sum by the
defaulter or on such other terms as may be determined by the Board in accordance
with the regulations made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India
Act, 1992.
(3) For the purpose of settlement under this section, the procedure as specified
by the Board under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 shall apply.
(4) No appeal shall lie under section 23L against any order passed by the Board
or the adjudicating officer, as the case may be under this section..
15. After section 23JA of the principal Act as so inserted, the following section shall
be inserted, namely:
23JB. (1) If a person fails to pay the penalty imposed by the adjudicating
officer or fails to comply with a direction of disgorgement order issued under
Insertion of
new section
34A.
Validation of
certain acts.
Amendment
of section
12A.
Insertion of
new section
23JA.
Settlement of
Administrative
and Civil
Proceedings.
42 of 1956.
15 of 1992.
15 of 1992.
Insertion of
new section
23JB.
Recovery of
amounts.
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section 12A or fails to pay any fees due to the Board, the Recovery Officer may draw
up under his signature a statement in the specified form specifying the amount due
from the person (such statement being hereafter in this Chapter referred to as certificate)
and shall proceed to recover from such person the amount specified in the certificate
by one or more of the following modes, namely:
(a) attachment and sale of the persons movable property;
(b) attachment of the persons bank accounts;
(c) attachment and sale of the persons immovable property;
(d) arrest of the person and his detention in prison;
(e) appointing a receiver for the management of the persons movable and
immovable properties,
and for this purpose, the provisions of sections 221 to 227, 228A, 229, 232, the Second
and Third Schedules to the Income-tax Act, 1961 and the Income-tax (Certificate
Proceedings) rules, 1962, as in force from time to time, in so far as may be, apply with
necessary modifications as if the said provisions and the rules thereunder were the
provisions of this Act and referred to the amount due under this Act instead of to
income-tax under the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Explanation 1.For the purpose of this sub-section, the persons movable or
immovable property or monies held in bank accounts shall include any property or
monies held in bank accounts which has been transferred, directly or indirectly on or
after the date when the amount specified in certificate had become due, by the person
to his spouse or minor child or sons wife or sons minor child, otherwise than for
adequate consideration, and which is held by, or stands in the name of, any of the
persons aforesaid; and so far as the movable or immovable property or monies held in
bank accounts so transferred to his minor child or his sons minor child is concerned,
it shall, even after the date of attainment of majority by such minor child or sons
minor child, as the case may be, continue to be included in the persons movable or
immovable property or monies held in bank accounts for recovering any amount due
from the person under this Act.
Explanation 2.Any reference under the provisions of the Second and Third
Schedules to the Income-tax Act, 1961 and the Income-tax (Certificate Proceedings)
Rules, 1962 to the assessee shall be construed as a reference to the person specified
in the certificate.
Explanation 3.Any reference to appeal in Chapter XVIID and the Second
Schedule to the Income-tax Act, 1961, shall be construed as a reference to appeal
before the Securities Appellate Tribunal under section 23L of this Act.
(2) The recovery officer shall be empowered to seek the assistance of the local
district administration while exercising the powers under sub-section (1).
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in
force, the recovery of amounts by a Recovery Officer under sub-section (1), pursuant
to non-compliance with any direction issued by the Board under section 12A, shall
have precedence over any other claim against such person.
(4) For the purposes of sub-section (1), (2) and (3) , the expression Recovery
Officer menas any officer of the Board who may be authorised, by general or special
order in writing to exercise the powers of a Recovery Officer..
16. In section 26 of the principal Act, sub-section (2) shall be omitted.
43 of 1961.
43 of 1961.
43 of 1961.
Amendment of
section 26.
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17. After section 26 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be inserted,
namely:
26A. (1) The Central Government may, for the purpose of providing speedy
trial of offences under this Act, by notification, establish or designate as many
Special Courts as may be necessary.
(2) A Special Court shall consist of a single judge who shall be appointed by the
Central Government with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court
within whose jurisdiction the judge to be appointed is working.
(3) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a judge of Special Court
unless he is, immediately before such appointment, holding the office of a Sessions
Judge or an Additional Sessions Judge, as the case may be.
26B. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure,
1973, all offences under this Act committed prior to the date of commencement of the
Securities Laws (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 or on or after the date of such
commencement, shall be taken congnizance of and triable by the Special Court
established for the area in which the offence is committed or where there are more
Special Courts than one for such area, by such one of them as may be specified in this
behalf by the High Court concerned.
26C. The High Court may exercise, so far as may be applicable, all the power
conferred by Chapters XXIX and XXX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on a
High Court, as if a Special Court within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the High
Court were a Court of Session trying cases within the local limits of the jurisdiction of
the High Court.
26D. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall apply to the proceedings before a Special Court and for
the purposes of the said provisions, the Special Court shall be deemed to be a Court
of Session and the person conducting prosecution before a Special Court shall be
deemed to be a Public Prosecutor within the meaning of clause (u) of section 2 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
(2) The person conducting prosecution referred to in sub-section (1) should
have been in practice as an Advocate for not less than seven years or should have
held a post, for a period of not less than seven years, under the Union or a State,
requiring special knowledge of law.
26E. Any offence committed under this Act, which is triable by a Special Court
shall, until a Special Court is established, be taken cognizance of and tried by a Court
of Session exercising jurisdiction over the area, notwithstanding anything contained
in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973:
Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the powers of the
High Court under section 407 of the Code to transfer any case or class of cases taken
cognizance by a Court of Session under this section..
18. After section 31 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted,
namely:
32. Any act or thing done or purporting to have been done under the principal
Act, in respect of settlement of administrative and civil proceedings, shall, for all
purposes, be deemed to be valid and effective as if the amendments made to the
principal Act had been in force at all material times..
Insertion of
new sections
26A, 26B,
26C, 26D and
26E.
Establishment
of Special
Courts.
Offences
triable by
Special Courts.
Appeal and
Revision.
Application of
Code to
p r o c e e d i n g s
before Special
Court.
Tr ans i t i onal
provisions.
Insertion of
new section
32.
2 of 1974.
2 of 1974.
2 of 1974.
2 of 1974.
Validation of
Certain acts.
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CHAPTER IV
AMENDMENTS TO THE DEPOSITORIES ACT, 1996
19. In section 19 of the Depositories Act, 1996 (hereafter in this chapter referred to as
the principal Act in this chapter), the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely:
Explanation.For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that power to
issue directions under this section shall include and always be deemed to have been
included the power to direct any person, who made profit or averted loss by indulging
in any transaction or activity in contravention of the provisions of this Act or
regulations made thereunder, to disgorge an amount equivalent to the wrongful gain
made or loss averted by such contravention..
20. After section 19-I of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted and
shall be deemed to have been inserted with effrect from the 20th day of April, 2007, namely:
19-IA. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time
being in force, any person, against whom any proceedings have been initiated or may
be initiated under section 19 or section 19H, as the case may be, may file an application
in writing to the Board proposing for settlement of the proceedings initiated or to be
initiated for the alleged defaults.
(2) The Board may, after taking into consideration the nature, gravity and impact of
defaults, agree to the proposal for settlement, on payment of such sum by the defaulter or
on such other terms as may be determined by the Board in accordance with the regulations
made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992.
(3) For the purpose of settlement under this section, the procedure as specified by the
Board under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 shall apply.
(4) No appeal shall lie under secton 23A against any order passed by the Board or the
adjudicating officer under this section..
21. After section 19-IA of the principal Act as so inserted, the following shall be
inserted, namely:
19-IB (1) If a person fails to pay the penalty imposed by the adjudicating officer
or fails to comply with a direction of disgorgement order issued under section 19 or
fails to pay any fees due to the Board, the Recovery Officer may draw up under his
signature a statement in the specified form specifying the amount due from the person
(such statement being hereafter in this Chapter referred to as certificate) and shall
proceed to recover from such person the amount specified in the certificate by one or
more of the following modes, namely:
(a) attachment and sale of the persons movable property;
(b) attachment of the persons bank accounts;
(c) attachment and sale of the persons immovable property;
(d) arrest of the person and his detention in prison;
(e) appointing a receiver for the management of the persons movable and
immovable properties,
and for this purpose, the provisions of sections 221 to 227, 228A, 229, 232, the Second
and Third Schedules to the Income-tax Act, 1961 and the Income-tax (Certificate
Proceedings) Rules, 1962, as in force from time to time, in so far as may be, apply with
necessary modifications as if the said provisions and the rules thereunder were the
provisions of this Act and referred to the amount due under this Act instead of to
income-tax under the Income-tax Act, 1961.
22 of 1996.
15. of 1992.
15. of 1992.
Insertion of
new section
19-IA.
Insertion of
new section
19-IB.
Settlement of
Administrative
Civil
Proceedings.
Recovery of
amounts.
43 of 1961.
Amendment of
section 19.
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Explanation 1. For the purposes of this sub-section, the persons movable
or immovable property or monies held in bank accounts shall include any property or
monies held in bank accounts which has been transferred, directly or indirectly on or
after the date when the amount specified in certificate had become due, by the person
to his spouse or minor child or sons wife or sons minor child, otherwise than for
adequate consideration, and which is held by, or stands in the name of, any of the
persons aforesaid; and so far as the movable or immovable property or monies held in
bank accounts so transferred to his minor child or his sons minor child is concerned,
it shall, even after the date of attainment of majority by such minor child or sons
minor child, as the case may be, continue to be included in the persons movable or
immovable property or monies held in bank accounts for recovering any amount due
from the person under this Act.
Explanation 2. Any reference under the provisions of the Second and Third
Schedules to the Income-tax Act, 1961 and the Income-tax (Certificate Proceedings)
Rules, 1962 to the assessee shall be construed as a reference to the person specified
in the certificate.
Explanation 3.Any reference to appeal in Chapter XVIID and the Second
Schedule to the Income-tax Act, 1961, shall be construed as a reference to appeal
before the Securities Appellate Tribunal under section 23A of this Act.
(2) The recovery officer shall be empowered to seek the assistance of the local
district administration while exercising the powers under sub-section (1).
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force,
the recovery of amounts by a Recovery Officer under sub-section (1), pursuant to non-
compliance with any direction issued by the Board under section 19, shall have precedence
over any other claim against such person.
(4) For the purposes of sub-sections (1), (2) and (3), the expression Recovery
Officer means any officer of the Board who may be authorised, by general or special order
in writing, to exercise the powers of a Recovery Officer.
22. In section 22 of the principal Act, sub-section (2) shall be omitted.
23. After section 22B of the principal Act, the following sections shall be inserted,
namely:
22C. (1) The Central Government may, for the purpose of providing speedy
trial of offences under this Act, by notification, establish or designate as many Special
Courts as may be necessary.
(2) A Special Court shall consist of a single judge who shall be appointed by
the Central Government with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court
within whose jurisdiction the judge to be appointed is working.
(3) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a judge of a Special Court
unless he is, immediately before such appointment, holding the office of a Sessions
Judge or an Additional Sessions Judge, as the case may be.
22D. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure,
1973, all offences under this Act committed prior to the date of commencement of the
Securities Laws (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 or on or after the date of such
commencement, shall be taken cognizance of and triable by the Special Court
established for the area in which the offence is committed or where there are more
Special Courts than one for such area, by such one of them as may be specified in this
behalf by the High Court concerned.
43 of 1961.
43 of 1961.
Amendment
of section 22.
Establishment
of Special
Courts.
Insertion of
new sections
22C, 22D,
22E, 22F and
22G.
Offences
triable by
Special
Courts.
2 of 1974.
22E. The High Court may exercise, so far as may be applicable, all the powers
conferred by Chapters XXIX and XXX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on a
High Court, as if a Special Court within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the High
Court were a Court of Session trying cases within the local limits of the jurisdiction of
the High Court.
22F. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall apply to the proceedings before a Special Court and for
the purposes of the said provisions, the Special Court shall be deemed to be a Court
of Session and the person conducting prosecution before a Special Court shall be
deemed to be a Public Prosecutor within the meaning of clause (u) of section 2 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
(2) The person conducting prosecution referred to in sub-section (1) should
have been in practice as an Advocate for not less than seven years or should have
held a post, for a period of not less than seven years, under the Union or a State,
requiring special knowledge of law.
22G. Any offence committed under this Act, which is triable by a Special Court
shall, until a Special Court is established, be taken cognizance of and tried by a Court
of Session exercising jurisdiction over the area, notwithstanding anything contained
in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973:
Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the powers of the
High Court under section 407 of the Code to transfer any case or class of cases taken
cognizance by a Court of Session under this section..
24. In section 23A of the principal Act, sub-section (2) shall be omitted.
25. After section 30 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted,
namely:
30A. Any act or thing done or purporting to have been done under the principal
Act, in respect of settlement of administrative and civil proceedings, shall, for all
purposes, be deemed to be valid and effective as if the amendments made to the
principal Act had been in force at all material times..
26. (1) The Securities Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said
Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions
of this Ordinance.
PRANAB MUKHERJEE,
President.

P.K. MALHOTRA,
Secy. to the Govt. of India.
2 of 1974.
2 of 1974.
2 of 1974.
Appeal and
Revision.
Application of
Code to
proceedings
before Special
Court.
Transitional
provisions.
Amendment
of section
23A.
Insertion of
new section
30A.
Validation of
certain acts.
Repeal and
saving.
Ord. 8 of 2013.
GMGIPMRND2799GI(S4)17-09-2013.
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