Section 8

Options to receive security certificate or hold securities with depository.

The Depositories Act, 1996

  • Act 22 of 1996
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Department of Economic Affairs
About this Act

An Act to provide for regulation of depositories in securities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

All sections
    (1) Every person subscribing to securities offered by an issuer shall have the option either to receive the security certificates or hold securities with a depository.
     (2) Where a person opts to hold a security with a depository, the issuer shall intimate such depository the details of allotment of the security, and on receipt of such information the depository shall enter in its records the name of the allottee as the beneficial owner of that security.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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