Depositories Act, 1996
PART V
Amendment to the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act,
1988
[45 of 1988]
Amendment
In section 3, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section
shall be substituted, namely:-
"(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to-
(a) the purchase of property by any person in
the name of his wife or unmarried daughter and it shall be presumed, unless the
contrary is proved, that the said property had been purchased for the benefit
of the wife or the unmarried daughter;
(b) the securities held by a-
(i) depository as a registered owner under
sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Depositories Act, 1996;
(ii) participant as an
agent of a depository.
Explanation : The expressions "depository"
and "participants" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to
them in clauses (e) and (g) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Depositories
Act, 1996."