Securities and Exchange Board of India Act,1992
Act No : 15
Section :
Penalty for certain defaults in case of mutual funds.
15D.Penalty for certain defaults in case of mutual funds. If any person, who is-- (a) required underr this Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder to obtain a certificate of registration from the Board for sponsoring ro carrying on any collective investment scheme, including mutual funds, sponsors or carries on any collective investment scheme, including mutual funds, without obtaining such certificate of regis- tration, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten thousand rupees for each day during which he carries on any such collective investment scheme, including mutual funds, or ten lakh rupees, which- ever is higher; (b) registered with the Board as a collective investment scheme, including mutual funds, for sponsoring or carrying on any investment scheme, fails to comply with the terms and conditions of certificate of registration, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten thousand rupees for each day during which such failure continues or ten lakh rupees, whichever is higher; (c) registered with the Board as a collective investment scheme including mutual funds, fails to make an application for listing of its schemes as provided for in the regulations governing such listing, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five or five lakh rupees, whichever is higher; (d) registered as a collective investment scheme, including mutual funds, fails to despatch unit certiticates of any scheme in the manner provided in the regulation governing such despatch, he shall be liable to a penalty and exceeding one thousand rupees of each day during which such failure continues; (e) registered as collective investment scheme, including mutual funds, fails to refund the application monies paid by the investors within the period specified in the regulations, he shall be liable to a penalty and exceeding one thousand rupees for each day during which such failure continues; (f) registered as a collective investment scheme, including mutual funds, fails to invest money collected by such collective investment schemes in the manner or within the period specified in the regulations, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five lakh rupees for each such failure.
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