sebi:MO/84/MIRSD/01/06

SEBI · SEBI · 2005-02-04 · Madhukar, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

warning

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 12

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 13(4)
• Reg. 5(1)
• Reg. 13(2)
• Reg. 12

Parties

• M/s. MLR Securities Pvt. Ltd.

Holding

The Whole Time Member warned M/s. MLR Securities Pvt. Ltd., member of The Stock Exchange, Mumbai, and directed it to be more cautious in future and adhere to the SEBI Act, 1992 and Rules and Regulations thereunder.

Full text

Home » Enforcement » Orders » Orders of Chairman/Members Enforcement Enforcement▼ Order against MLR Securities Pvt Limited Jan 06, 2006 | Orders : Orders of Chairman/Members SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA

1.1 M/s. MLR Securities Pvt, 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. INB010985433. 1.2 Inspection of the books of accounts, documents and other records of the broker was carried out by SEBI for the period 01.04.2000 to 31.07.2002 and certain irregularities 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 and recommended that a warning be issued to 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 recommended by the Enquiry Officer should not be imposed. 2.3 The broker replied vide letter dated 04.02.05 and stated that it will follow all the rules and regulations prescribed by SEBI and the Exchange in full spirit and prayed to drop the proceedings. 3.0 CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES

3.1 I have carefully considered the findings of inspection, Enquiry and the submissions made by the broker and note the significant points, as under; a) Whether the broker failed to reflect order time on the contract notes and that the contract notes did not bear pre-printed serial numbers With regard to the above allegation, the broker stated that it had adopted the format of contract note as prescribed by BSE which does not have the provision for printing order time on the contract notes. In respect of the contract notes not bearing pre-printed serial numbers, the broker stated that the serial numbers were generated on daily basis through computer software. The broker further stated that from April 2001 it had started issuing contract notes bearing pre- printed serial numbers. EO finds that generation of serial numbers through computer software is a general practice amongst brokers and hence a lenient view be taken. b) Whether there were discrepancies in the Client Registration Form The broker stated that the discrepancies observed by the inspecting team was that Net Worth Certificate and Income Tax return copy were not available for Individual and Hindu Undivided Family clients. The broker cited Circulars No.SMD/POLICY/IECG/1-97 and SMD/POLICY/CIRCULAR/5-97 and stated that as per the above circulars individuals and Hindu Undivided Family were not compulsorily required to submit their net-worth and income tax return copies. The broker further stated that it had collected co

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