The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on November 28, 2024, issued the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Attestation of Documents) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Custodian) Regulations, 1996, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulations, 1999, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011, Securities and Exchange Board of India {KYC (Know Your Client) Registration Agency} Regulations, 2011, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buy-back of Securities) Regulations 2018, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Settlement Proceedings) Regulations, 2018, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2021, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Index Providers) Regulations, 2024.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Custodian) Regulations, 1996, in the First Schedule, in Form A, in clause x, the words “attested as true by an authorised notary” shall be substituted with the words “self attested”.
• In Securities and Exchange Board of India (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulations, 1999, in the First Schedule, in Form A, in clause 1, the words “attested as true by a notary public” shall be substituted with the words “self-attested”.
• In Securities and Exchange Board of India {KYC (Know Your Client) Registration Agency} Regulations, 2011, in Schedule I, in Form A, in clause 1, the words “attested as true by a notary public” shall be substituted with the words “self-attested”.
• In Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2021, in regulation 42, in sub-regulation (2), the words “supported by a duly sworn affidavit” shall be substituted with “which shall be self-attested”.
• In Securities and Exchange Board of India (Index Providers) Regulations, 2024, in Schedule I, in Form A, in clause 1, the words “attested as true by a notary public” shall be substituted with the words “self-attested”.
They shall come into force on November 28, 2024.
[Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2024/212]
