Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018

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....ange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003, namely: 1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018. 2. They shall come into force on February 01, 2019. 3. In the Securities and Exchange Board of (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003, (1) in regulation 2, in sub-regulation (1), clause (b) shall be substituted with the following, namely: "(b) "dealing in securities" includes: (i) an act of buying, selling or subscribing pursuant to any issue of any....

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....ties for artificially inflating, depressing, maintaining or causing fluctuation in the price of securities through any means including by paying, offering or agreeing to pay or offer any money or money's worth, directly or indirectly, to any person;" vi. in the clause (e), after the word security the words "including, influencing or manipulating the reference price or bench mark price of any securities" shall be inserted; vii. in the clause (f) before the word 'publishing', the word 'knowingly' shall be inserted; viii. in the clause (f) after the word 'information' and before the word 'which' the words "relating to securities, including financial results, financial statements, me....

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....e (n), after the word 'between' and before the word 'provide', the words " intermediaries in order to increase commission to" shall be substituted with the words "persons including intermediaries to artificially"; xvi. the clause (o) shall be substituted with the following, namely: "fraudulent inducement of any person by a market participant to deal in securities with the objective of enhancing his brokerage or commission or income; "; xvii. in the clause (p) after the word 'records' the words "such as contract notes" shall be substituted with the words " including contract notes, client instructions, balance of securities statement, client account statements"; ....