sebi:WTM/GA/93/ISD/10/06

SEBI · SEBI · 1997-02-11 · G. Anantharaman, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty of suspension of certificate of registration for fifteen days imposed on the Broker, effective immediately on expiry of 21 days from the date of the order.

Provisions invoked

• s. 12

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 13(4)
• Reg. 13(2)
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(b)
• Reg. 199
• Reg. 17
• Reg. 17(1)
• Reg. 5(1)
• Reg. 17(1)(i)

Parties

• M/s Ganesh Stock & Share Brokers Pvt. Ltd.

Holding

The Broker violated KYC norms, failed to obtain acknowledgements on contract note counterfoils, failed to issue contract notes without delay, and failed to maintain standards of integrity, promptitude and fairness, warranting a penalty of suspension of registration for fifteen days.

Full text

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6. All the above are in violation of Rule 4(b) of SEBI (SB & SB) Rules, 1992  and Clause A(1) and A(5) of the Code of Conduct as sp Schedule II read with Regulation 7 of SEBI (SB&SB) Regulations, 1992 “. 2.3             The Broker neither filed any reply to the aforesaid show cause notice nor appeared for personal hearing before the Enquiry Officer. The E Officer concluded the enquiry in terms of the Enquiry Regulations and inter alia had observed that there was no material to suggest that the had verified the financial worthiness of the client while trading in the shares of HTL. It was also stated in the Enquiry Report that the details introducer were not filled in the ‘Know Your Client’ (KYC) form. It was also mentioned in the Enquiry Report that the Broker had violated Reg 17(1)(i) of the Broker Regulations. The Enquiry Officer, after taking into account certain mitigating circumstances, vide report dated Novemb 2004 recommended to impose a minor penalty of censure against the Broker. 3.0           CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES AND FINDINGS. 3.1          Based upon the recommendation of the Enquiry Officer, a show cause notice dated November 25, 2004 was issued to the Broker under regu 13(2) of the 2002 Regulations, asking him to show cause as to why the penalty as considered appropriate should not be imposed upon h copy of the Enquiry Report was also forwarded to the Broker with the said show cause notice. The Broker vide his reply dated December 07, stated that necessary due d

order on behalf of her. In view of the above, it is likely that Shri Raju Bhai was none other than Shri Raj Singhi of HTL. Therefore, it i established that the orders in the shares of HTL were placed by a third party on behalf of the client without any specific authorization, wh firmly establish that the Broker had violated the SEBI circular dated February 11, 1997. 3.9          Further, in respect of the allegation that the Broker had not obtained the acknowledgments on the counterfoils of the contract note issued client, I note that, in terms of the provisions of the Broker Regulations, a stock broker, without any delay shall issue the contract note to his and in terms of regulation 17(1) (i) of the Broker Regulations, he has to maintain the counterfoils or duplicates of such contract notes. present matter, it is an undisputed fact that the Broker had traded substantially on behalf of his client in the shares of HTL. However, the B failed to submit acknowledgment copies of counterfoils of contract notes. This had to be viewed in the context of the fact that the orders shares of HTL were not placed by his client but by a third party, without any specific authorization. I also note that despite executing siz  transactions, the Broker had failed to obtain the acknowledgement copy of contract notes. It does not appear to be a simple omission and h be viewed seriously in the background of the findings mentioned above. Therefore, I hold that the Broker had violated the provisions

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