Unit Trust of India Act,1963
Act No : 52
Section :
Prohibition against the use of the words "Unit Trust" , "Unit" or"Units" as a part of the name of any person other than the Trust.
3*[3A. Prohibition against the use of the words "Unit Trust", "Unit" or "Units" as a part of the name of any person other than the Trust. (1) No individual or group of individuals, or company, other than the Trust, who or which accepts money by way of any loan, deposit, investment or similar other transaction, shall use the word or words "Unit Trust", "Unit" or "Units" as a part of his or its name. Explanation.--For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that nothing in this sub-section shall be deemed to prevent any individual or group of individuals, or company from describing any scrip or other security issued by him or it for any amount which has been received and repayable by him or it in the course of transaction of any business which is of the nature of a unit trust or mutual fund, as a unit certificate or units, as the case may be. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Subs. by Act 17 of 1966, s.2, for "the unit scheme" (w.e.f 10-6- 1966). 2. Subs. by Act 52 of 1975, s. 45, for "Reserve Bank" (w.e.f. 16-2- 1976). 3. Ins. by Act 16 of 1975, s. 3 (w.e.f. 29-3-1975). 146 (2) If any provision of sub-section (1) is contravened, any person guilty of such contravention shall be punished with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and where the contravention is a continuing one, with a further fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for every day after the first during which the contravention continues. (3) Where any provision of sub-section (1) has been contravened by a company, every person who at the time of such contravention was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the contravention and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to any punishment provided herein if he proves that the contravention was made without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the contravention. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3), where any offence under this section has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to, any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (5) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this section except upon a complaint in writing made by an officer of the Trust generally or specially authorized in writing in this behalf by the Trust and no court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class shall try such offence. Explanation.--For the purposes of this section,- (a) "company" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and (b) "director", in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.]
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