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CONTRACTS AND OPTIONS IN SECURITIES

Section 18A: Contracts in derivative

The Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956

1[Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, contracts in derivative shall be legal and valid if such contracts are—

(a) traded on a recognised stock exchange;

(b) settled on the clearing house of the recognised 2[stock exchange; or],

in accordance with the rules and bye-laws of such stock exchange.]

3[(c) between such parties and on such terms as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by Act 31 of 1999, s. 3 (w.e.f. 22-2-2000).
  2. 2.Subs. by Act 20 of 2015, s. 134, for “stock exchange” (w.e.f. 28-9-2015).
  3. 3.Ins. by Act 20 of 2015, s. 134 (w.e.f. 28-9-2015).