GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Law (Legislation-Publication) Department

NOTIFICATION

No. 9612/Leg.Pbn.2/2014/Law.

Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 16th May 2014.

The following Act of Parliament published in the Gazette of India

Extraordinary, Part II, Section I dated the 13th day of September, 2013 is hereby

republished for general information. The Bill as passed by the Houses of

Parliament received the assent of the President of India on the 12th day of

September, 2013.

By order of the Governor,

C. P. RAMARAJA PREMA PRASAD,

Law Secretary.

G. 25/2014/DTP (22).

Kerala Gazette No. 29 dated 22nd July 2014.

PART I

Section i

THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA

(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013

(ACT NO. 22 OF 2013)

AN

ACT

further to amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-fourth Year of the Republic of India

as follows:—

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Act, 2013.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 21st day of

January, 2013.

2. Amendment of section 15M.—In section 15M of the Securities and

Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) for sub-section (1) the following

sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:—

“(1) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as the Presiding

Officer of the Securities Appellate Tribunal unless he—

(a) is a sitting or retired Judge of the Supreme Court or a sitting or

retired Chief Justice of a High Court; or

(b) is a sitting or retired Judge of a High Court who has completed

not less than seven years of service as a Judge in a High Court.

(1A) The Presiding Officer of the Securities Appellate Tribunal shall

be appointed by the Central Government in consultation with the Chief

Justice of India or his nominee.”.

3. Repeal and saving.—(1) The Securities and Exchange Board of India

(Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 (Ord. 5 of 2013) is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken

under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) as

amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken

under the corresponding provisions of that Act, as amended by this Act.

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