2017-02-20
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The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan amends the Securities Brokers (Licensing and Operations) Regulations, 2016, by inserting a new clause prohibiting single member companies from obtaining securities broker licenses. Existing single member companies already licensed as securities brokers are required to convert their status to either a public or private company within sixty days of a date to be notified by the Commission. The notification also invites objections or suggestions regarding these draft amendments within fourteen days of their placement on the Commission's website.
Islamabad, 17th February, 2017
S. R. O. /62 (I)/2017.- In exercise of powers conferred by section 169 of the Securities Act, 2015, the following amendments in the Securities Brokers (Licensing and Operations) Regulations, 2016, proposed to be made by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, are hereby published for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and, as required by sub-section (4) of the said section 169, notice is hereby given that objections or suggestions thereon, if any, may be sent to the Commission within fourteen days of placement of the draft amendments on the website of the Commission, namely:-
In regulation (4) of the aforesaid Regulations,--
(a) The following clause (aa) shall be inserted after clause (a):
"(aa) it is not a single member company:
Provided that a single member company already licensed as a securities broker under these regulations shall convert its status to a public company or a private company, within a period of sixty days from such date as may be notified by the Commission;"
(Bilal Rasul)
Secretary to the Commission