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SEBI notification making the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2024, amending the 2018 Regulations governing stock exchanges and clearing corporations.

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India, exercising powers under Sections 4, 8A and 31 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, read with Sections 11 and 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, issued Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2024/196 dated 29th July 2024 making the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2024, effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, amending the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2018 (originally published 3rd October 2018 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/41, and previously amended eleven times between 2019 and 2024). The amendments substitute Regulation 21(1) to require recognised stock exchanges and clearing corporations to disclose shareholding patterns on their websites quarterly in the format specified for listed companies under the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015; omit the words 'and Core Settlement Guarantee Fund' from Regulation 29(2)(a); omit Paragraph 27 of Part III of Annexure to Form A in Schedule I; and, in Schedule II, make wording substitutions in Part G, paragraph (1) and omit Paragraph V of Part H. Signed by Babitha Rayudu, Executive Director.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-MH-E-30072024-255922 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 570] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2024/SHRAVANA 8, 1946 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 29th July, 2024 SECURITIES CONTRACTS (REGULATION) (STOCK EXCHANGES AND CLEARING CORPORATIONS) (THIRD AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2024 No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2024/196.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4, 8A and 31 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, read with sections 11 and 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, the Board hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2018, namely, - 1. These regulations may be called the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2024. 2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 3. In the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2018, I. In regulation 21, sub-regulation (1) shall be substituted with the following sub-regulation, namely,- "(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of the Act, rules and these regulations, the recognised stock exchange(s) and the recognised clearing corporation(s) shall disclose their shareholding pattern on their respective websites on a quarterly basis as per the requirements and format specified for listed companies in terms of the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015." II. In regulation 29, in sub-regulation (2), in clause (a), the words "and Core Settlement Guarantee Fund" after the word "Member" and before the words "committee and" shall stand omitted. III. In Schedule I, in Part III of Annexure to Form A, Paragraph 27 shall stand omitted. IV. In Schedule II, (i) in Part G, in paragraph (1), (a) the words, figures and symbol "In terms of sub-regulation 10 of regulation 19, the” shall be substituted with the word "The". (b) in clause (a), the word "the" appearing before the words "these Regulations" shall stand omitted. (c) in clause (c), the words, figures and symbol "Board circular dated January 01, 2016." shall be substituted with the words and symbol "guidelines as specified by the Board from time to time." (ii) in Part H, Paragraph V shall stand omitted. BABITHA RAYUDU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./339/2024-25] Footnote: 1. The Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2018 were published in the Gazette of India on 3rd October 2018 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/41. 2. The Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2018 were subsequently amended on- (a) 4th June, 2019, by the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2019/21. (b) 17th April, 2020, by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/10. (c) 8th October, 2020, by the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/32. (d) 23rd March, 2021, by the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/12. (e) 13th August, 2021, by the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/44. (f) 12th August 2022, by the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/93. (g) 15th November, 2022, by the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2022 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/104. (h) 28th February 2023, by the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2023/124. (i) 24th July, 2023, by the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2023/139. (j) 22nd August, 2023, by the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2023/148. (k) 26th April, 2024, by the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2024/171. (l) 10th May, 2024, by the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2024 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2024/174. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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