SECURITIES APPELLATE TRIBUNAL — THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA ACT, 1992

SECURITIES APPELLATE TRIBUNAL SECURITIES APPELLATE TRIBUNAL (PROCEDURE) RULES, 2000 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 read with sections 15T and 15U of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Central Government hereby makes the following Rules, namely :— Short title and commencement 1. (1) These rules may be called Securities Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 2000. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. Definitions (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Act" means the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992); (b) "adjudicating officer" means an officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 15I of the Act; (c) "appeal" means an appeal preferred under sub-section (1) of section 15T of the Act; (d) "Appellate Tribunal" means the Securities Appellate Tribunal established under section 15K of the Act; (e) "form" means the form appended to these rules; 1 [(ee) "Member" means the Member of the Securities Appellate Tribunal appointed under section 15L of the Act;] (f) "party" means a person who prefers an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal and includes respondent; (g) "Presiding Officer" means the Presiding Officer of the Securities Appellate Tribunal appointed under section 15L of the Act; (h) "rules" means the rules made under the Act; 2 [(i) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Appellate Tribunal and includes an officer of such Appellate Tribunal who is authorised by the Presiding Officer to function as Registrar;] (j) "registry" means the registry of the Appellate Tribunal. (2) Words and expressions used and not defined in these rules but defined in the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 shall have the mea