sebi:MO/120/MIRSD/01/06

SEBI · SEBI · 2005-02-01 · Madhukar, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Warning imposed on the broker; directed to be more cautious in future dealings with securities and to adhere to SEBI Act, 1992 and Rules and Regulations thereunder.

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 12

Regulations

• Reg. 13(4)
• Reg. 5(1)
• Reg. 13(2)

Parties

• M/s. Joindre Capital Services Ltd.

Holding

SEBI warned M/s. Joindre Capital Services Ltd. for dealing with an unregistered sub-broker (M/s. Investwell Consultancy) in violation of SEBI Circular No.SMD/Policy/Cir/3-97 and for non-operation of the Unique Client Code system, and directed it to be more cautious in future. The broker was not found guilty of other alleged violations such as non-maintenance of statutory books and irregularities in issuance of contract notes.

Full text

Home » Enforcement » Orders » Orders of Chairman/Members Enforcement Enforcement▼ Order against Joindre Capital Services Ltd Jan 13, 2006 | Orders : Orders of Chairman/Members MO/120/MIRSD/01/06 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA

1.0 BACKGROUND 1.1 M/s. Joindre Capital Services Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the broker”) is a member of The Stock Exchange, Mumbai (“BSE”) registered with SEBI as a stock broker under section 12 of SEBI Act, 1992 with SEBI Registration No. INB011107555. 1.2 Inspection of the books of accounts, documents and other records of the broker was carried out by SEBI for the period April 2000 to September 2002 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 January 7, 2004 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 29.12.04 recommending for imposition of a minor penalty of warning on the broker. 2.2 A copy of the Enquiry Report was sent to the broker on 18.01.05, 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 01.02.05 and submitted that the irregularities and lapses, if any were unintentional and corrective steps were being taken wherever possible and that it would be more cautio

all the regulatory provisions in letter and spirit. The broker further requested not to levy any penalty against it. 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) Dealing with unregistered sub-broker It has been alleged that the broker dealt with its sub-broker M/s. Investwell consultancy who was registered with NSE for transactions on BSE. The broker replied that it had 103 registered sub-brokers at BSE at the time of inspection and there was no reason why it should not register Investwell Consultancy at BSE. The broker further submitted that the inspection report clearly stated that it was nothing but oversight that the registration was not done at BSE. As soon as the matter was brought to the notice of the broker, it submitted the papers to BSE for registration and got the sub- broker registered under Regn. No.INS010365810/01-11075. Further there were no investor complaints for the period in which Investwell had acted as unregistered sub-broker. The EO found that corrective steps have been taken by the broker and the sub-broker was eventually registered. Further, no investor complaint was pending in respect of the said sub-broker. However, since the broker had violated SEBI Circular No.SMD/Policy/Cir/3-97 dated 31.3.97 the broker should be warned to be cautious in future in its dealings with sub-brokers. b) Unique Client Code system not in operat

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