Modification to Investor Protection Fund (IPF)/ Customer Protection Fund (CPF) Guidelines

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.... 2004 had issued comprehensive guidelines for regulation of Investor Protection Fund (IPF)/ Customer Protection Fund (CPF) required to be maintained by Stock Exchanges. Further vide circular No. MRD/DoP/SE/Cir-21/2006 dated December 14, 2006, SEBI issued a clarification to Clause 24 of the Annexure to Circular dated October 28, 2004, specifying that in case of defaulting brokers with multiple memb....

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....rmonise the practices followed by various exchanges to meet investor claims. 3. Thus it has been decided to modify the Comprehensive Guidelines - a) Clause 8 shall be substituted with the following - 8."The specified period for inviting legitimate claims against a defaulter member, shall be a minimum of ninety days." b) Clause 13 shall be substituted with the following - 13."If any eligib....

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.... e) Clause 24, as it reads after incorporation of clarification vide Circular dated December 14, 2006, shall be substituted with the following - 24."The Stock Exchange shall ensure that the amount realized from the assets of the defaulter member is returned to the defaulter member after satisfying the claims of the Stock Exchange and SEBI in accordance with the bye-laws of the Stock Exchange. ....