sebi:MO/116/MIRSD/01/06

SEBI · SEBI · 2005-02-28 · Madhukar, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Censure

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 12

Regulations

• Reg. 13(4)
• Reg. 5(1)
• Reg. 13(2)
• Reg. 200

Parties

• M/s. PRB Securities Pvt. Ltd.

Holding

The Whole Time Member imposed the minor penalty of censure on M/s. PRB Securities Pvt. Ltd., member of NSE, bearing SEBI Registration No. INB230778531, concurring with the Enquiry Officer on five sets of violations.

Full text

Home » Enforcement » Orders » Orders of Chairman/Members Enforcement Enforcement▼ Order against PRB Securities Pvt. Ltd Jan 13, 2006 | Orders : Orders of Chairman/Members MO/116/MIRSD/01/06 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA

1.0 BACKGROUND 1.1 M/s. PRB Securities Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the broker”) is a member of National Stock Exchange, (“NSE”) registered with SEBI as a stock broker under section 12 of SEBI Act, 1992 with SEBI Registration No. INB230778531. 1.2 Inspection of the books of accounts, documents and other records of the broker was carried out by SEBI and certain irregularities found to have been committed by the broker were observed. 2.0 ENQUIRY PROCEEDINGS 2.1 In view of the above, an Enquiry Officer (EO) was appointed vide SEBI Order dated December 16, 2003 under Regulation 5(1) of SEBI (Procedure for Holding Enquiry) Regulations, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as the “said Regulations”) to inquire into the irregularities observed during the inspection of books of accounts of the broker. The EO after conducting the enquiry in terms of the said regulations submitted his report on 29.10.04 recommending imposition of a minor penalty of censure on the broker. 2.2 A copy of the Enquiry Report was sent to the broker on 07.02.05, in terms of Regulation 13(2) of the said Regulations, advising it to show cause as to why appropriate penalty including the penalty as recommended by the Enquiry Officer should not be imposed. 2.3 The broker vide letter dated 28.02.05 submitted that it had already offered its explanation before the EO and had nothing more to state

3.0 CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES 3.1 I have carefully considered the findings of inspection, Enquiry and the submissions made by the broker and my observations are as follows : a) Deficiencies in the maintenance of books of accounts It has been alleged that in the Register of Securities instead of recording the actual date of delivery/receipt of securities, the pay-out/pay-in date for relevant settlement was given. There was no date wise balancing appearing in the computerized Bank Book, General Ledger and Client Ledger as provided to the inspection team. The balancing was done in these books only at the year end. In the absence of date wise balancing, the extent of outstanding/balance on any given date was not reflected in the above books of account. The broker submitted that it had complete record of transactions of pool account and Beneficiary account showing the actual date of receipt and delivery of shares. The broker further submitted that balancing ledger on daily basis or on periodic basis was a subject matter of accounting practice being followed by different entities. The EO found the broker’s explanation unsatisfactory and found that maintenance of register of securities was a statutory requirement. b) Deficiencies in the maintenance of client database It has been alleged that out of the total number of 87 clients of the broker, deficiencies were observed in 42 agreements with the clients and 41 client registration forms. The broker submitted that it maintained complete

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