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Master Circular for Mutual Funds by Securities and Exchange Board of India- (Securities and Exchange Board of India) (27 Jun 2024)

MANU/SMFD/0004/2024

Capital Market

1. For effective regulation of Mutual Fund Industry, the Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") has been issuing various circulars from time to time. In order to enable the stakeholders to have an access to all the applicable regulatory requirements at one place, the provisions of the said circulars issued till March 31, 2023 were incorporated in the Master Circular for Mutual Funds dated May 19, 2023.

2. Subsequently, various guidelines/directions were issued to Mutual Funds by way of circulars/letters. In view of the same, the Master Circular dated May 19, 2023 has been updated to include all relevant circulars that were issued on/before March 31, 2024. The instant Master Circular supersedes the Master Circular for Mutual Funds dated May 19, 2023.

3. Vide Master Circular for Mutual Funds dated May 19, 2023, the guidelines/directions contained in the circulars listed out in the Appendix to that Master Circular were rescinded. In addition, with the issuance of this Master Circular, the guidelines/directions contained in the circulars listed out at Sr. Nos. 1 to 16 in the Appendix to this Master Circular, to the extent they relate to the Mutual Funds industry, shall stand rescinded.

4. With respect to the directions or other guidance issued by SEBI, as specifically applicable to Mutual Funds, the same shall continue to remain in force in addition to the provisions of any other law for the time being in force. Terms not defined in this Master Circular shall have the same meaning as provided under the relevant Regulations.

5. Notwithstanding such rescission,

5.1. anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or taken under the rescinded circulars, including registrations or approvals granted, fees collected, registration suspended or cancelled, any inspection or investigation or enquiry or adjudication commenced or show cause notice issued prior to such rescission, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Master Circular;

5.2. any application made to SEBI under the rescinded circulars, prior to such rescission, and pending before it shall be deemed to have been made under the corresponding provisions of this Master Circular;

5.3. the previous operation of the rescinded circulars or anything duly done or suffered thereunder, any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the rescinded circulars, any penalty, incurred in respect of any violation committed against the rescinded circulars, or any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty as aforesaid, shall remain unaffected as if the rescinded circulars have never been rescinded;

6. Pursuant to issuance of this Master Circular, the entities which are required to ensure compliance with various provisions shall submit necessary reports as envisaged in this Master Circular on a periodic/continuous basis.

7. This Master Circular is issued in exercise of powers conferred under Section 11(1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 to protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate the securities market.

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