Regulation 2 - Definitions - Securities And Exchange Board of India(Central Listing Authority) Regulations, 2003

Definitions 2(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Act means the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992; (b) applicant means any company or other body corporate, mutual fund or collective investment scheme, acting by itself or through a merchant banker, who proposes to make an application to the Authority for a letter precedent to listing; (c) Authority means the Central Listing Authority established under regulation 3 of these regulations; (d) Board means the Securities and Exchange Board of India established under section 3 of the Act; (e) Chief Executive Officer means a person, including a Member, appointed as such by the Authority with the previous approval of the Board; (g) exchange means a stock exchange which has been granted recognition under Section 4 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956; (h) letter precedent to listing means a letter issued by the Authority under regulation 12, permitting the applicant to make a listing application to any exchange, including for relisting and listing of an already listed security at an exchange other than the exchange where it is presently listed; (i) listing agreement means the agreement that is entered into between an exchange and an applicant under which the securities are listed and dealt with in the concerned exchange; (j) listing application means an application made by an applicant, under applicable laws, to an exchange for permission for its securities to be listed and dealt with in the exchange; Explanation: An application to any exchange for obtaining any prior inprinciple approval or for obtaining the comments or observations of the exchange on such application shall not be deemed to be a listing application for the purposes of these regulations; (k) listing conditions means the conditions to be fulfilled by a company or other body corporate, mutual fund or collective investment scheme for the purpose of getting its securities listed on an exchange; and (l) securities shall have the meaning assigned to it under Section 2(h) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956. (2) (a) Words and expressions used and not defined in these regulations shall have the meanings, if any, respectively assigned to them under the Act. (b) Words and expressions used and not defined either in these regulations or the Act, shall have the meanings, if any, respectively assigned to them under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof. (c) Words and expressions used and not defined either in these regulations, or in the Act or in the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 shall have the meanings, if any, respectively assigned to them under the Companies Act, 1956, or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof.