ACT NO. XVIII OF 2013

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013

An Act further to amend the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Act, 1997

[Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, 26th March, 2013]

F. 9(11)/2013-Legis.—The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on 22nd March, 2013, is hereby published for general information:—

WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Act, 1997 (XLII of 1997) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;

It is hereby enacted as under:—

1.  Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (Amendment) Act, 2013.

(2)  It shall come into force at once.

2.  Amendment of Section 5, Act XLII of 1997.—In the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Act, 1997 (XLII of 1997), hereinafter referred to as the said Act, in Section 5, for sub-section (5) the following shall be substituted, namely:—

“(5)    No act, proceeding or decision of the Commission shall be invalid only by reason of the existence of a vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Commission.”.

3.       Amendment of Section 7, Act XLII of 1997.—In the said Act, in Section 7, for sub-section (2) the following shall be substituted, namely:—

“(2) At the end of each term, initial or further, or at the end of the cumulative period of five years, in case of the Term A Commissioners, or six years, in case of Term B Commissioners, as provided for in sub-section (1), the relevant number of Commissioners shall cease to hold office and any vacancy thus arising shall in each case be filled by the appointment of the requisite number of qualified persons as Commissioners, each for a term of three years starting from the date of appointment:

Provided that a Commissioner shall be deemed to have retired at the end of such three-year unless, being eligible for re-appointment, he is re-appointed.”.

4.       Validation.—Anything done, actions taken, orders passed, instruments made, notifications issued, agreement made, proceedings initiated, processes or communications issued, powers conferred, assumed or exercised by the Commission as defined in clause (g) of Section 2 of the said Act or its employees as defined in clause (k) of Section 2 thereof in terms of amendments made through this Act, on or after the 19th December, 1997 and before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been validly done, made, issued, taken, initiated, conferred, assumed and exercised and the provisions of this Act shall have and shall be deemed to have had effect accordingly.”.

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