sebi:Settlement_Orders_218_Order_against_M_S_Nitin_Bansilal_Chokshi

SEBI · SEBI · 2003-12-30 · Whole Time Member, Securities and Exchange Board of India

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Facts / Headnote

Suspension of certificate of registration for a period of six months, effective on expiry of three weeks from the date of the order

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 12

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 13(4)

Parties

• M/s Nitin Bansilal Chokshi

Holding

The certificate of registration of M/s Nitin Bansilal Chokshi, member Ahmedabad Stock Exchange, was suspended for six months for acting as an unregistered sub-broker in violation of Section 12 of the SEBI Act, 1992 and Clauses A(2) and A(5) of the Code of Conduct.

Full text

10.             An opportunity of personal hearing was granted to the broker on 6.04.2004. The representative of the broker appeared before me and sub that the alleged breach was technical and/or venial breach and further submitted that they were not aware of that a stock broker required se registration as a sub-broker for acting as such. It was further submitted that it was a first offence and hence they be let off with a minor penal

16.             The Code of Conduct prescribed for Stock Brokers, laid down in clause A(2) of Schedule II under Regulation 7 of SEBI ( Stock Brokers and Sub-Brokers ) Regulations,199 that “A stock broker shall act with due skill, care and diligence in the conduct of all his business.” However, Nitin has not exercised due skill, care and diligence, having acte unregistered sub-broker. I further find that NBC violated Clause A(5) of Schedule II under Regulation 7 of the SEBI ( Stock Brokers and Sub-Brokers ) Regulations,199 requires that “ a stock broker shall abide by all the provisions of the Act and the rules, regulations issued by the Government, the Board and the Stock Exchange from time as may be applicable to him.” Therefore, I find that Nitin failed to abide by the clause A(2) and A(5) of Schedule II under Regulation 7 of the SEBI ( Stock Brokers and Sub-B Regulations,1992 and breached the provisions of Section 12 of the SEBI Act,1992.

FINDINGS 11.             I have carefully considered the material available on record and also the submissions made by the broker vide his letters dated 30.12.2003, 20.02.2004 and additional subm dated 29.03.2004, wherein they had inter alia made the following submissions :  “ a) A charge is levelled against me that I have acted as sub-broker of BSPL (Member-VSE) without obtaining the Certificate of Registra Broker. b)         During the course of the business I had undertaken only four transactions on behalf of BSPL (member VSE). c)         All regulatory directions applicable to a sub-broker upon getting himself registered as sub-broker upon getting himself registered as with SEBI, are already duly applicable to a registered stock broker. Thus, by not getting registered as a sub-broker, a registered bro remain out of regulatory orbit on any count. d)         The law does not require a registered stock broker to get a separate registration as sub-broker for dealing on another stock exchang member of that Exchange. e)         The dealing in shares undertaken by them through Bijal Securities Pvt.Ltd.(BSPL), member of VSE is in essence the same sphere of by them as a member of ASE.The requirement of obtaining separate registration for same activity would therefore seem to be unreaso f)           It was within the knowledge of BSPL that they were members of the ASE, having their own clientele who wanted to do transaction and NSE. Moreover their clients also knew that the transac

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