The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on December 03, 2025, issued the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substitution of Registered Post with Speed Post) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations, 1999, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008 and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations, 1999, -
In Chapter V, in regulation 31, in sub-regulation (3), the words and symbols “Registered A.D.” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration with Acknowledgment Due”.
In the Sixth Schedule,
i. in paragraph 4, in clause (ii), the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”;
ii. in paragraph 17, the words “Registered Post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”;
iii. in paragraph 30, in clause (v), the words “Registered Post with Acknowledgement Due” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration with Acknowledgment Due”; and
iv. in paragraph 34, in clause 34.2, the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”
• Amendments to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008
In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008, -
In Chapter VI, in regulation 34, in sub-regulation (1), in clause (b), the words “registered post acknowledgement due” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration with Acknowledgment Due”.
• Amendments to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018
In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018,-
In Chapter III, in Part VII, in regulation 77, in sub-regulation (2), the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”.
In Chapter VIII,
i. in regulation 222, in sub-regulation (1), the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”; and
ii. in regulation 223, in sub-regulation (1), in clause (e), the words “registered post” shall be substituted with “Speed Post with Registration”.
They shall come into force on December 03, 2025.
[Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2025/281]
