Depositories Act, 1996
PART III
Amendments to the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act,
1956
[42 of 1956]
Amendments
1. In section 2, for clause (i) the following clause shall
be substituted, namely:-
(i) "spot delivery contract" means a contract which
provides for-
(a) actual delivery of securities and the
payment of a price therefor either on the same day as the date of the contract
or on the next day, the actual periods taken for the dispatch of the securities
or the remittance of money therefor through the post being excluded from the
computation of the period aforesaid if the parties to the contract do not
reside in the same town or locality;
(b) transfer of the securities by the
depository from the account of a beneficial owner to the account of another
beneficial owner when such securities are dealt with by a depository."