Reserve Bank of India
Foreign Exchange Department
Central Office
Mumbai- 400 001
Notification No. FEMA.254/2013-RB
Dated January 07, 2013
Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person
Resident outside India) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (3) of Section
6 and Section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the
Reserve Bank of India hereby makes the following amendments in the Foreign
Exchange Management (Transfer or issue of Security by a Person Resident outside
India) Regulations, 2000 (Notification No. FEMA. 20/2000-RB dated 3rd May 2000)
(hereinafter called “Principal Regulations’) namely:-
1. Short Title & Commencement
(i) These Regulations may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or
Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) (Amendment) Regulations,
2013.
(ii) They shall be deemed to have come into force from the date of their
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In Regulation 5, in sub-regulation 2, the existing proviso shall be deleted.
3. Amendment of Schedule 1
The existing entry 17 in Annex B to Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations
shall be substituted with the following:
| 17 |
Asset Reconstruction Companies |
| 17.1 |
‘Asset Reconstruction Company’ (ARC) means a company registered with the Reserve
Bank of India under Section 3 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction
ofFinancial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI
Act). |
74% of paid-up capital of ARC (FDI & FII) |
Government |
| 17.2 |
Other conditions:
|
| |
(i) Persons resident outside India, can invest in the capital of Asset
Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) registered with Reserve Bank only under the
Government Route. Such investments have to be strictly in the nature of FDI.
(ii) No sponsor shall be permitted to hold more than 50% of the shareholding in
an ARC either by way of FDI or by routing through an FII. The foreign investment
in ARCs are required to comply with entry route conditionality and sectoral
caps. However, the total shareholding of an individual FII shall not exceed 10%
of the total paid-up capital of the ARC.
(iii) FIIs registered with SEBI can invest in the Security Receipts (SRs) issued
by ARCs registered with Reserve Bank. FIIs can invest up to 74% of the paid up
value of each tranche of scheme of Security Receipts issued by the ARCs.
(iv) Any individual investment of more than 10% would be subject to provisions
of section 3(3) (f) of Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and
Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002. |
4. Amendment to Schedule 5
In Paragraph 1, the existing clause (e) shall be substituted as under:
“(e) Security Receipts issued by Asset Reconstruction Companies provided that
the total holdings of all FIIs put together shall not exceed 74% of the paid up
value of each tranche of scheme of Security Receipts issued by the Asset
Reconstruction Companies;”
(Rudra Narayan Kar)
Chief General Manager
Foot Note:- The Principal Regulations were published in the Official Gazette vide G.S.R.
No.406 (E) dated May 8, 2000 in Part II, Section 3, sub-Section (i) and
subsequently amended as under:-
G.S.R.No. 158(E) dated 02.03.2001
G.S.R.No. 175(E) dated 13.03.2001
G.S.R.No. 182(E) dated 14.03.2001
G.S.R.No. 4(E) dated 02.01.2002
G.S.R.No. 574(E) dated 19.08.2002
G.S.R.No. 223(E) dated 18.03.2003
G.S.R.No. 225(E) dated 18.03.2003
G.S.R.No. 558(E) dated 22.07.2003
G.S.R.No. 835(E) dated 23.10.2003
G.S.R.No. 899(E) dated 22.11.2003
G.S.R.No. 12(E) dated 07.01.2004
G.S.R.No. 278(E) dated 23.04.2004
G.S.R.No. 454(E) dated 16.07.2004
G.S.R.No. 625(E) dated 21.09.2004
G.S.R.No. 799(E) dated 08.12.2004
G.S.R.No. 201(E) dated 01.04.2005
G.S.R.No. 202(E) dated 01.04.2005
G.S.R.No. 504(E) dated 25.07.2005
G.S.R.No. 505(E) dated 25.07.2005
G.S.R.No. 513(E) dated 29.07.2005
G.S.R.No. 738(E) dated 22.12.2005
G.S.R.No. 29(E) dated 19.01.2006
G.S.R.No. 413(E) dated 11.07.2006
G.S.R.No. 712(E) dated 14.11.2007
G.S.R.No. 713(E) dated 14.11.2007
G.S.R.No. 737(E) dated 29.11.2007
G.S.R.No. 575(E) dated 05.08.2008
G.S.R.No. 896(E) dated 30.12.2008
G.S.R.No. 851(E) dated 01.12.2009
G.S.R.No. 341 (E) dated 21.04.2010
G.S.R.No.821(E) dated 10.12.2012
G.S.R.No. 606(E) dated 03.08.2012
G.S.R.No. 796(E) dated 30.10.2012
G.S.R.No. 797(E) dated 30.10.2012
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G.S.R.No. 795(E) dated 30.10.2012
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