SEBI registration rules for share transfer agents and registrars: net worth, client contracts, recordkeeping, non-payment suspensions.

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....New regulations consolidate and replace the 1993 framework for registration and regulation of registrars to an issue and share transfer agents, requiring a SEBI certificate to act and prescribing application, scrutiny, hearing, reconsideration, and fee-payment mechanics; non-payment can result in suspension and cessation of activities. They set eligibility and ongoing conditions, including minimum net worth of Rs.50 lakh (with an 18-month transition for existing registrants), prior approval for change in control, mandatory client agreements, appointment of a compliance officer, maintenance and 8-year preservation of specified records, and investor grievance redressal within 21 calendar days, with dispute resolution via Board-specified mecha.........