Act Number: 42

Act Name: The Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956

Year: 1956

Enactment Date: 1956-09-04

Long Title: An Act to prevent undesirable transactions in securities by regulating the business of dealing therein, by providing for certain other matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Economic Affairs

Section 29B: Powers of the Securities and Exchange Board of India not to apply to International Financial Services Centre.
    1[29B. Powers of the Securities and Exchange Board of India not to apply to International Financial Services Centre.--Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the powers exercisable by the Securities and Exchange Board of India under this Act,--
         (a) shall not extend to an International Financial Services Centre set up under sub-section (1) of section18 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005);
         (b) shall be exercisable by the International Financial Services Centres Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019,
     in so far as regulation of financial products, financial services and financial institutions that are permitted in the International Financial Services Centres are concerned.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 50 of 2019, s. 33 and the second Schedule (w.e.f. 1-10-2020).
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