Issue and Listing of Non Convertible Securities (Second Amendment) Regulations

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (ISSUE AND LISTING OF NON-CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) (SECOND AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2022

No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/102.—In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Board hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) Regulations, 2021, namely: –

1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Non Convertible Securities) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2022.
   
2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
   
3. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) Regulations, 2021, after Chapter VI and before Chapter VII, the following Chapter VIA shall be inserted, namely –
   
   “CHAPTER VIA
   ONLINE BOND PLATFORM PROVIDERS
   
   Registration of online bond platform providers.
   51A. (1) No person shall act as an online bond platform provider without a certificate of registration from the Board as a stock broker under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers) Regulations, 1992.
   (2) Such person shall comply with the conditions of registration and such other requirements as may be specified by the Board from time to time.
   (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulations (1) and (2) of this regulation, a person acting as an online bond platform provider without the certificate of registration on or prior to the date of this regulation coming into force, may continue to do so for a period of three months from the date of this regulation coming into force or such other time period as may be specified by the Board, or if it has made an application for grant of a certificate of registration within the specified period, till the disposal of such application by the Board.
   Explanation. – For the purpose of this Chapter, “online bond platform provider” means any person operating or providing an online bond platform and “online bond platform” means any electronic system, other than a recognised stock exchange or an electronic book provider platform, on which the debt securities which are listed or proposed to be listed, are offered and transacted.”

Footnotes:

1. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) Regulations, 2021 were published in the Gazette of India on August 9, 2022 vide No. SEBI/LADNRO/GN/2021/39.
2. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) Regulations, 2021, were subsequently amended on April 11, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/77.

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