Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956
17.Licensing of
dealers in securities in certain areas.-
(1) Subject to the
provisions of sub-section (3) and to the other provisions contained in this
Act, no person shall carry on or purport to carry on, whether on his own behalf
of any other person, the business if dealing securities in any State or area to
which section 13 has not been declared to apply and to which the Central
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare this section
to apply, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Central
Government in this behalf.
(2) No notification
under sub-section (1) shall be issued with respect to any State or area unless
the Central Government is satisfied, having regard to the manner in which
securities are being dealt with in such State or area, that it is desirable or
expedient in the interest of the trade or in the public interest that such
dealings should be regulated by a system of licensing.
(3) The restrictions
imposed by sub-section (1) in relation to dealing in securities shall not apply
to the doing of anything by or behalf of a member of any recognised stock
exchange.