Regulation 15 - Action on the recommendation of High Powered Advisory Committee - Securities and Exchange Board of India (Settlement Proceedings) Regulations, 2018

Action on the recommendation of High Powered Advisory Committee. 15. (1) The Panel of Whole Time Members shall consider the recommendations of the High Powered Advisory Committee and may accept or reject the same: Provided that where the recommendations of the High Powered Advisory Committee to settle the specified proceedings are rejected, the panel of Whole Time Members shall record reasons for rejection of the recommendations: Provided further that where the recommendation of the High Powered Advisory Committee to settle the specified proceedings are rejected, such decision of the panel of Whole Time Members shall be communicated to the applicant. (2) Where the Panel of Whole Time Members accepts the recommendation of the High Powered Advisory Committee to settle the specified proceedings, the applicant shall be issued a notice of demand within seven working days of the decision of the panel and the applicant shall, - (a) remit the settlement amount forming part of the settlement terms, not later than 1 [ thirty ] calendar days from the date of receipt of the notice of demand 5 [ **** ] : Explanation. Remittance of settlement amount shall be done 3 [ **** ] by way of 6 [ payment through the dedicated payment gateway provided for the purpose ] . 7 [ **** ] Provided 8 [ **** ] that, in no case shall such remittance be accepted after the 9 [ thirtieth ] calendar day from the date of the receipt of the notice of demand. (b) fulfil/undertake in writing to abide by, the other settlement terms, if any, within the time provided to the applicant. (3) Where the Panel of Whole Time Members does not accept the recommendation of the High Powered Advisory Committee to settle the specified proceedings on the settlement terms recommended by it, the panel may return the application for re-examination of the settlement terms and thereafter the procedure as applicable in the case of an original application shall be followed by the Internal Committee and the High Powered Advisory Committee. ************** NOTES:- 1. Substituted vide Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/24 dated 22-07-2020 before it was read as fifteen 2. Substituted vide Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/24 dated 22-07-2020 before it was read as by fifteen calendar days 3. Omitted vide Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/24 dated 22-07-2020 before it was read as by way of a demand draft drawn in favour of 'Securities and Exchange Board of India' payable at Mumbai or 4. Inserted vide Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/24 dated 22-07-2020 5. Omitted vide Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/62 dated 14-01-2022 before it was read as, , which may be extended by the Panel of Whole Time Members for reasons to be recorded, 2 [ by sixty calendar days, only after receipt of an application seeking extension of time within thirty days from the date of receipt of notice of demand ] 6. Substituted vide Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/62 dated 14-01-2022 before it was read as, direct credit in the specified bank account through NEFT/RTGS/IMPS or any other authorised 4 [ electronic ] mode of payment 7. Omitted vide Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/62 dated 14-01-2022 before it was read as, Provided that, where the settlement amount is remitted after thirty calendar days from the date of receipt of the notice of demand and on or before the ninetieth day from such receipt, the settlement amount payable by the applicant shall be increased by the levy of simple interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date of receipt of the notice of demand till the date of payment of the settlement amount: 8. Omitted vide Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/62 dated 14-01-2022 before it was read as further 9. Substituted vide Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/62 dated 14-01-2022 before it was read as ninetieth