Acts and Rules Governed by the Capital Markets Division

The principal subjects dealt with in the Capital Market Division are the following:

• Policy matters relating to the securities markets, related intermediaries and participants;
• Policy matters relating to the regulation and development of the securities markets and investor protection
• The main Acts/Rules being administered by Capital Markets Division are:-
  • Depositories Act, 1996 and Rules made thereunder
  • Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 and rules made thereunder
  • Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 and rules made thereunder
• Rules made under the above Acts
  • Securities and Exchange Board of India (Terms and Conditions of Services of Chairman and Members) Rules, 1992 (107 KB)
  • Securities Appellate Tribunal (Services, Allowance and other Terms and Conditions of Presiding Officers and other Members) Rules, 2003 (1 MB)
• Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999 (262 KB) (for more information please visit http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/Fema.aspx )
• Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 2002 (218 KB)