Sharing of Information in case of Declaration of Member as Defaulter in case of Multiple Membership
Summary
This circular extends existing norms for declaring members as defaulters across multiple exchanges to Commodity Derivatives Exchanges. It mandates immediate sharing of defaulter details and simultaneous declaration of default status among all relevant exchanges. The provisions supersede earlier directives from the erstwhile FMC and require exchanges to amend their bye-laws accordingly.
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Rules, directions, guidelines, instructions, circulars, or any like instruments made by the erstwhile FMC or the Central Government applicable to recognised associations under the FCRA continue to remain in force for a period of one year from the date on which FCRA was repealed, or till such time as notified by SEBI, whichever is earlier.
Norms specified vide Clause ‘III’ of the said SEBI circular dated March 17, 2010 shall also be applicable on Commodity Derivatives Exchanges and its members.
Whenever a member of any segment is declared defaulter, the concerned Stock Exchange/ Clearing Corporation shall immediately declare it a defaulter in all its segments. It shall also immediately inform all other Stock Exchanges/Clearing Corporations the details of the defaulter member such as name of the member, the names of the proprietors/ partners/ promoters/ dominant shareholders, as applicable.
Immediately on receipt of the information about default of a member, the other Stock Exchange / Clearing Corporation shall declare the said member defaulter on all its segments.
The Stock Exchanges / Clearing Corporations shall take appropriate action against the associates of defaulter member. For this purpose, the term ‘associate’ shall include a person: a. who, directly or indirectly, by itself, or in combination with other persons, exercises control over the member... or b. in respect of whom the member... exercises control; or c. whose director or partner is also a director or partner of the member...
The provisions of this circular shall come into effect from September 29, 2016 in supersession of all earlier directives issued by erstwhile FMC with regard to related matters.
This circular is issued in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 11(1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act 1992 to protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate the securities market.
The Exchanges are advised to: i. To make necessary amendments to the relevant bye-laws, rules and regulations. ii. Bring the provisions of this circular to the notice of the stock brokers of the Exchange and also to disseminate the same on their website. iii. Communicate to SEBI, the status of the implementation of the provisions of this circular.
Source: SecMarx — Sharing of Information in case of Declaration of Member as Defaulter in case of Multiple Membership. Verbatim text is public record; SecMarx structuring (linkage to applying orders) is cited to us.