THE SECURITISATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST ORDINANCE, 2002

NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 123 of the Constitution, the president is pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance: –

Chapter I

PRELIMINARY

Short title extent and commencement:

(1) This Ordinance may be called the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Ordinance, 2002

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

(3) It shall come in to force at once. (21^st June 2002)

2. Definition (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Appellate Tribunal" means a Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal established under sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Recovery of debts Due to Banks and Financial Institution Act. 1993;

(b) "asset reconstruction " means acquisition by any securitisation company or reconstruction company of any right or interest of any bank or financial institution in any financial assistance for the purpose of realisation of such financial assistance;

a banking company; or
a corresponding new bank; or
the State Bank of India; or
a subsidiary bank; or
such other bank which the Central Government may be notification, specify for the purpose of this Ordinance;

(d) "banking company" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (c) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949;

(e) "Board" means the Securities and Exchange Board of India Established under section 3 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992

(f) "borrower" means any person who has been granted financial assistance by any bank or financial institution or who Has Given any guarantee or created any mortgage or piedge as security for the financial assistance granted by any bank or financial institution and includes a person who becomes borrower of securitisation company or reconstruction company consequent upon acquisition by it of any rights or interest of any bank or financial institution in relation to such financial assistance;

(g) "Central Registry" means the registry set up or cause to be set up under sub-section (1) of section 20;

(h) "corresponding new bank" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (da) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949;

(i) "Debts Recovery Tribunal" means the Tribunal established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Recovery of Debts due to Banks and Financial Institution Act, 1993;

(j) "default" means non-payment of any principal debt or interest thereon or any other payable by a borrower to any secured creditor consequent upon which the account of such borrower is classified as non performing asset in the books of account of the secured creditor in accordance with the directions or guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank;

(k) "financial assistance" means any loan or advance guaranteed or any debentures or bonds subscribed or any guarantees given or letters of credit established or any other credit facility extends by any bank or financial institution;

(l) "financial asset" means debt or receivables and includes;

a claim to any debt or receivables or part thereof whether secured or unsecured; or
any debt or receivables secured by, mortgage of, or charge on, immovable property; or
a mortgage, charge hypothecation or pledge of movable property; or
any right or interest in the security, whether full or part underlying such debt or receivables; or
any beneficial interest in property whether movable or immovable, or in such debt, receivables, whether such interest is existing , future, accruing, conditional or contingent; or
any financial assistance;

(m) "financial institution" means-

1. a public financial institution within the meaning of section 4A of the Companies Act, 1956;
2. any institution specified by the Central Government under sub-clause (ii) of clause (h) of section 2 of the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and financial Institution Act, 1993;
3. International Finance Corporation established under the International Finance Corporation (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act, 1958
4. Any other institution or non-banking financial company as defined in clause(f) of section 45-1 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, which the Central Government may, by notification, specify as financial institution for the purpose of this Ordinance;

(n) "hypothecation" means a change or in or upon any movable property, existing or future, created by a borrower in favor of secured creditor without delivery of procession of the movable property to such creditor, as a security for financial assistance and includes floating charge and crystallization of such charge into fixed charge on movable property;

(o) "non-performing asset" means an asset or account of a borrower, which has been classified by a bank or financial institution as sub-standard, doubtful or loss asset, in accordance with the direction or guidelines relating to asset classification issued by the Reserve Bank;

(p) "notification" means a notification Published in the Official Gazette;

(q) " obligor" means a person liable to the originator, whether under a contractor otherwise, to pay a financial asset or to discharge any obligation in respect of a financial asset, whether existing future, conditional or contingent and include the borrower;

(r) "originator" means the owner of the financial asset which is acquired by a securitisation company or reconstruction company for the purpose securitisation or asset reconstruction;

(s) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance;

(t) "property" means-

1. immovable property;
2. movable property;
3. any debt or any right to receive payment of money whether secured or unsecured;
4. receivables, whether existing or future;
5. intangible assets, being know-how patent copyright trade marks, license, franchise or any other business or commercial right of similar nature;

(u)"qualified institutional buyer" means a financial institution, insurance company, bank, state financial corporation, state industrial development corporation, trustee or any asset management company making investment on behalf of mutual fund or provident fund or gratuity fund or pension fund or a foreign industrial investor registered under the securities and Exchange Board of India Act,1992 or regulation made thereunder, or any other body corporate as may be specified by the Board;

(v) "reconstruction company" means a company formed any registered under the companies Act, 1956 for the purpose of asset reconstruction;

(w) ‘Register of Companies" means the Register defined in clause (40) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 1956;

(x) "Reserve Bank" means the Reserve Bank of India constituted under section 3 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934;

(y) "scheme" means a scheme inviting subscription to security receipts proposed to be issued by a securitisation company under the scheme;

(z) "securitisation" means acquisition of financial assets by any securitisation company or reconstruction company from any originator, whether by rising of funds by such securitisation company or reconstruction company from qualified institutional buyers by issue of security receipts representing undivided interest in such financial assets or otherwise;

(za) " securitisation company" means any company formed and registered under the Companies Act, 1956 for the purpose of securitisation;

(zb) "security agreement" means an agreement, instrument or any other document or agreement under which security interest is created in favored of the secured creditor including the creation of mortgage by deposit of title deeds with secured creditor;

(zc) "secured asset" means the property on which securities interest is created;

(zd) "secured creditor" means any bank or financial institution or any consortium or group of banks or financial institutions and includes-

1. debenture trustee appointed by any bank or financial institution; or
2. securitisation company or reconstruction company; or
3. any other trustee holding securities on behalf on a bank or financial institution, in whose favour security interest is created for due repayment by any borrower of any financial assistance;

(ze) " secured debt" means a debt which is secured by any security interest;

(zf) "scurity interest" means right title and interest of any kind whatsoever upon property created in favour of any secured creditor and includes any mortgage, charge, hypothecation, assignment other than those specified in section 31;

(zg) "security receipt" means a receipt or other security, issued by a security, issued by a securitisation company or reconstruction company to any qualified institutional buyer pursuant to a scheme, evidencing the purchase or acquisition by the holder thereof, an undivided right, title or interest in the financial asset involved in securitisation;

(zh) "sponsor" means any person holding not less than ten per cent of the paid up equity capital of a securitisation or reconstruction company;

(zi) "State Bank of India" means the State Bank of India constituted under section 3 of the state Bank of India Act, 1955;

(zf) "subsidiary bank" means shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (k) of section 2 of the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959;

(2) Words and expressions used and not defined in this Ordinance but defined in the Indian Contract Act, 1872 or the transfer of property Act, 1882 or the Companies Act, 1956 or the securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 shall have the same meaning respectively assigned to them in those Acts.

CHAPTER II

REGULATIONOF SECURITISATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF FINANCIAL ASSETS OF BANKS AND FINANCIAAL INSTITUTION

3. (1) Registration of securitisation companies or reconstruction companies.

No securitisation company or reconstruction company shall commerce carry on the business of securitisation or asset reconstruction without——

obtaining a certificate of registration granted under this section; and
having the owned fund of not less than two carore rupees or such other amount not exceeding fifteen per cent of total financial assets acquired or to be acquired by the securitisation company or reconstruction company as the Reserve Bank may, by notification, specify:

Provided that the Reserve Bank may, by notification, specify different amount of owned fund for different class or classes of securitisation companies or reconstruction companies:

Provided further that securitisation company or reconstruction company, existing on the commencement of this Ordinance, shall make an application for registration to the Reserve Bank before the expiry of six months from such commencement and notwithstanding anything contained in this sub-section may continue to carry on the business securitisation or asset reconstruction until a certificate of registration is granted to it or, as the case may be, rejection of application for registration is communicated to it.

(2) Every securitisation company or reconstruction company shall make an application for registration to the Reserve Bank in such form and manner as it may specify.

(3) The Reserve Bank may, for the purpose of considering the application for registration of a securitisation company or reconstruction company to carry on the business of securitisation or asset reconstruction, as the case may be require to satisfied, an inspection of records or books of such securitisation company or reconstruction company, or otherwise, that the following condition are fulfilled, namely:-

1. that the securitisation company or reconstruction company has not incurred losses in any of the three preceding financial years;
2. that such securitisation or reconstruction company has made adequate arrangement for realization of the financial asset acquired for the purpose of securitisation or asset reconstruction and shall be able to pay periodical returns and redeem on respective due dates on the inv4estments made in the company by the qualified institutional buyers or other person;
3. that the directors of securitisation company or reconstruction company have adequate does professional Experience in matters related to finance, securitisation and recontruction;
4. that the board of directors of such securitisation company or reconstruction company does not consist of more than half of its total number of directors who are either nominees of any sponsor or associated in any manner with the sponsor or associated in any manner with the sponsor or any of is subsidiaries;
5. that any of its directors has not been convicted of any offends involving moral turpitude;
6. that a sponsor of its directors is not holding company of the securitisation company or reconstruction company as the case may be, or does not otherwise hold any controlling interest in such securitisation company or reconstruction company;
7. that securitisation company or re construction company has complied with or is in a position to comply with the prudential norms specified by the Reserve Bank.

(4) The Reserve Bank may, after being satisfied that the condition specified in sub section (3) are fulfilled, grant certificate of registration to the securitisation company or the reconstruction company to carry on or commerce business of securitisation or asset reconstruction, subject to such conditions, which it may consider, fit to impose

(5) The Reserve Bank may reject the application made under sub-section (2) if it is satisfied that the condition specified in sub-section (3) are not fulfilled:

provided that before rejecting the application the applicant shall obtain prior a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

(6) Every Securitisation company or reconstruction company shall obtain prior approval of the Reserve Bank for any substantial change in its management or change of location of its registered or change in its name:

Provided that the decision of the Reserve Bank, whether the change in management of a securitisation company or a reconstruction company is a substantial change in its management or not shall be final

Explanation- For the purpose of this section, the expression "substantial change in management by way of transfer of share or amalgamation or transfer of the business of the company.

4.(1) Cancellation of certificates of regulation. The Reserve Bank may cancel a certificate of registration granted to a securitisation company or a reconstruction company, if such company –

1. cases to carry on the business of securitisation or asset reconstruction; or
2. cases to receive or hold any investment from a qualified institutional buyer; or
3. has failed to comply with any conditions subject to which the certificate of registration has been granted to it; or
4. at any fails to fulfill any of the conditions referred to it in clause (a) to (g) of sub-section (3) of section 3; or
5. fails to—-

(i) comply with any direction issued by the Reserve Bank under the provisions of this Ordinance; or

(ii) Maintain account in accordance with the requirement of any law or any direction or order issued by the Reserve Bank under the provisions of this Ordinance; or

(iii) submit or offer for inspection its books of account or other relevant document when so documended by the Reserve Bank; or

(iv) obtain prior approval of the Reserve Bank required under sub-section (6) of section 3:

Provided that before canceling a certificate of registration on the ground that the securitisation company or reconstruction company has to failed to comply with the provisions of clause (e) or has failed to fulfill any of the conditions referred to in clause (d) or sub-clause (iv ) of clause (e), the Reserve Bank unless it is of the opinion delay in canceling the certificate of registration granted under sub-section (4) of section 3 shall be Prejudicial to the public interest or the interest of the investor of the securitisation company or reconstruction company, shall give opportunity to such company on such terms as reserve bank may specify for talking necessary steps to comply with such provisions or fulfillment of such conditions.

(2) A securitisation company or reconstruction company aggrieved by the order of rejection of application for registration or conciliation of certificate of registration may prefer an appeal within a period of thirty days from date of on which such order rejection or cancellation is communicated to it, to the Central Government

Provided that before rejecting an appeal such company shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

(3) A securitisation company or reconstruction company, which is holding investment of qualified institutional buyers and whose application for grant of certificate of registration has been rejected or certificate of registration has been cancelled shall, notwithstanding such rejection or cancellation of certificate of registration, be deemed to be a securitisation company or reconstruction company until it repays entire investments held by it (together with interest, if any) within such period as the Reserve Bank may direct.

5. (1) Acquisition of right or interest in financial assets .Notwithstanding anything contained in any agreement or any other law for the time being in force, any securitisation company or reconstruction company may acquire financial asset of any bank or financial institution——-

1. by issuing a debenture or bond or any other security in the nature of the debenture, for consideration agreed upon between such company and the bank or financial institution incorporating therein such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between them; or
2. by entering into an agreement with such bank or financial institution for the transfer of such financial asset to such company on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between them.

(2) If the bank or financial institution is a lender in relation to any financial asset acquired under sub-section(1) by the securitisation company or the reconstruction company, such securitisation company or reconstruction company shall, on such acquisition be deemed to be the lender and all right of such bank or financial institution shall vest in such company in relation to such financial assets.

(3) Unless otherwise expressly provided by this Ordinance, all contracts, deeds, approval, consents or no-objection under any law or otherwise and other instruments of whatever nature and which relate to the said financial asset and which subsisting or having effect immediately before the acquisition or financial asset under sub-section (1) and to which the concerned bank or financial institution is a party or which are in fovour of such bank or financial institution shall, after the acquisition of the financial asset, be of as full force and effect against or in favour of the securitisation company or reconstruction company, as the case may be, and may be enforced or acted upon as fully and efectually as if in the place of the said bank or financial institution, securitisation company or reconstruction company, as the case may be, had been a party thereto or as if they had been issued in favour of securitisation company or reconstruction company, as the case may be.

(4) If, on the date of acquisition of financial asset under sub-section (1) any suit appeal or order proceeding f whatever nature relating to the said financial asset is pending by or against the bank or financial institution, save as provided in the third provision to sub-section (1) of section 15 of the Sick Industrial Companies (special Provisions) Act, 1985 the same shall not a —— or be discontinued or be any way prejudicially affected by reason of the acquisition of financial asset by the securitisation company or re construction company, as the case may be, but the suit, appeal or the proceeding ma be continued, prosecuted and enforced by or against the securitisation company or reconstruction company, as the case may be.

6. (1) Notice to obligor and discharge of obligation of such obligor. the bank or financial institution may if it considers appropriate, give a notice of acquisition of financial asset by any securitisation company or reconstruction company, to concerned to the concerned obligor and any other concerned person and to the concerned registering authority in whose jurisdiction the mortgage, charge, hypothecation, assignment or other interest created on the financial asset had been registered.

(2) Where a notice of acquisition of financial asset under sub-section (1) is given by a bank or financial institution, the obligor, on receipt of such notice, shall make payment to the concerned securitisation company or reconstruction company, as the case may be, and payment made to such company in discharge of any obligation in relation to the financial asset specified in the notice shall be a full discharge to the obligor making the payment from all liability in respect of such payment.

(3) Where no notice of acquisition of financial asset under sub-section (1) is given by any bank or financial institution any money or other properties subsequently received by the bank or financial institution, shall constitute monies or properties held in trust for the benefit of and behalf of the securitisation company or reconstruction company, as the case may be, and such bank or financial institution shall hold such payment or properties which shall forthwith be made over or delivered to such securitisation company reconstruction company as the case may be, or its agent duly authorised in this behalf.

7. (1) Issue of security by rising of receipt or funds by securitisation company or reconstruction company. Without prejudice to the provisions contained in the Companies Act, 1956, Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 and the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, any securitisation company or reconstruction company, may, after acquisition any financial asset under sub-section (1) of section 5, offer security receipts to qualified institutional buyers (other than by offer to public) for subscription in accordance with the provisions of those Acts.

(2) A securitisation company or reconstruction company may rise funds from the qualified institutional buyers by formulating schemes for acquiring financial asset and shall keep maintain separate and distinct accounts in respect of each such scheme for every financial asset acquired out of investment made by a qualified institutional buyer and ensure that realisation of such financial asset held and applied towards redemption of investments and payment of returns assured on such investments under the relevant scheme.

(3) In the event non-realisation under sub-section (2) of financial asset, the qualified institutional buyers of a securitisation company or reconstruction company, holding security receipts of not less than seventy-five percent. Of the total value of the security receipts issued by such company, shall be entitled to call a meetings of all the qualified institutional buyers and every resolution passed in such meeting shall be binding on the company.

(4) The qualified institutional buyers shall, at a meeting called under sub-section (3) follow the same procedure, as nearly as possible as is followed at meeting of the board of directors of the securitisation company or reconstruction company, as the case may be.

8. Exemption from registration of security receipt. Notwithstanding any thing contained in sub-section (1) of section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908, –

1. any security receipt issued by the securitisation company or reconstruction company, as the case may be, under sub-section (1) of section 7, and not creating, declaring, assigning, limiting or extinguishing any right, title or interest, to or in immovable property except in so far as it entitles the holder of security receipt to an undivided interest afforded by a registered instrument; or
2. any transfer of security of security receipts,

shall not require compulsory registration

9. Measures for assets reconstruction. Without prejudice to the provisions contained in any other law for the time being in force, a securitisation or reconstruction company may, for the purpose of asset reconstruction, having regard to the guidelines framed by the Reserve Bank in this behalf, provide for any one or more of the following measures, namely: –

1. the proper management of the business of the borrower, by change in, or take over of, the management of the business of the borrower;
2. the sale or lease of a part or whole of the business of the borrower;
3. rescheduling of payment of debts payable by the borrower;
4. enforcement of security interest in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance;
5. settlement of dues payable by the borrower;
6. taking profession of secured asset in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

10. (1) Other function of securitisation company or reconstruction company or reconstruction company. Any securitisation company or reconstruction company registered under section 3 may –

1. act as an agent for any bank or financial institution for the purpose of recovering their dues from the borrower on payment such fees or charge as may be mutually agreed upon between the parties;
2. act as a manager referred to in clause (c) of sub-section 13 on such fee as amy be mutually agreed upon between the parties;
3. act as receiver if appointed by any court or tribunal:

Provided that no securitisation company or reconstruction company shall act as a manager if acting as such gives rise to any pecuniary liability.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (1), no securitisation company or reconstruction company, which has been, granted a certificate of registration under sub-section (4) of section 3, shall commence carry on, without prior approval of the Reserve Bank, any business other than that of securitisation or asset reconstruction:

Provided that a securitisation company or reconstruction company which is carrying on, on or the before the commencement of this Ordinance, any business other than the business of securitisation or asset reconstruction or business referred to on sub-section (1), shall case to carry on any such business within one year from the date of commencement of this Ordinance.

Explanation – For the purpose of this section, "securitisation company "or Reconstruction Company" does not include its subsidiary.

11. Resolution of disputes. Where any dispute relating to securitisation or reconstruction or non-payment of any amount due including interest arises amongst any of the parties, namely, the bank, or financial institution, a securitisation company or reconstruction company or qualified institutional buyers, such dispute shall be settled by conciliation or arbitration as provided in the Arbitration and Cancellation Act, 1996, as if the parties to the dispute have consented in writing for the determination of such dispute by conciliation or arbitration and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly

12. (1) Power of Reserve Bank to determine policy and issue directions. If the Reserve Bank is satisfied that in the public interest or to regulate financial system of the country to its advantage or to prevent the affairs of any securitisation company or reconstruction from being conducted in a manner detrimental to the interest of investors or in any manner prejudicial to the interest of such securitisation company or reconstruction company, it is necessary or expedient so to do it may determine the policy and give directors to all or any securitisation company or reconstruction company in matters relating to income recognition accounting standards, making provisions for bad and doubtful debts, capital adequacy based on risk weight for asset and also relating to deployment of funds by the securitisation company or reconstruction company, as the case may be bound to follow the policy so determined and the directions so issued .

(2) Without prejudice to generality of the power vested under sub-section (1) the Reserve Bank may give directions to any securitisation company or reconstruction company generally or to a class of securitisation companies or reconstruction company or to any securitisation company or reconstruction company in particular as to——–

the type of financial assets of a bank or financial institutions which can be acquired and procedure for acquisition of such asset and valuation thereof;
the aggregate value of financial asset which may be acquired by any securitisation company or reconstruction company.

CHAPTER III

ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST

13. (1) Enforcement of security interest. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 69 or section 69 A of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, any security interest created in favour of any secured creditor may be enforced, without the intervention of court or tribunal, such creditor in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

(2) Where any borrower, who is under a liability to a secured creditor under a security arrangement, makes any default in repayment of secured debt or any instalment thereof, and his account in respect of such debt is classified by the secured creditor as non-performing asset ,then, the secured creditor may require the borrower by notice in writing to discharge in full his liabilities to the secured creditor shall be entitled within sixty days from the date of notice failing which the secured creditor shall entitled to exercise all or any of the right under sub-section (4)

(3) The notice referred to in sub-section (2) shall give details of the amount payable by the borrower and the secured assets intended to be enforced by the secured creditor in the event of non payment of secured debts by the borrower.

(4) In case the borrower fails to discharge his liability in full within the period specified in sub-section (2), the secured creditor may take recourse to one or more the following the measures to recover his secured debt namely: –

1. take procession of the secured assets of the borrower including the right to transfer by way of lease, assignment or sale for realising the secured asset;
2. take over the management of secured asset of the borrower including right to transfer by way of lease assignment or sale and realise the secured asset;
3. appoint any person (hereafter referred to as the manager), to managed the secured asset the possession of which has been taken over by the secured asset;
4. require at any time by notice in writing any person who has acquired any of the secured asset from the borrower and from whom any money is due or may become due to the borrower, to pay the secured creditor, so much of the money as is sufficient to pay the secured debt.

(5) Any payment made by any person referred to in clause (d) of sub-section (4)to the secured creditor shall give such person a valid discharge as if he has made payment to the borrower.

(6) Any transfer of secured asset after talking procession thereof or take over of management under sub-section (4), by the secured creditor or by the manager on behalf the secured creditors shall vest in the transferee in or in relation to the secured asset transferred if the transferred on if the transfer had been made by the owner of the secured asset

(7) Where any action has been taken against a borrower under the provisions of sub-section (4), all costs, charge and expenses which, in the opinion of the secured creditors, have been properly incurred by him or any expenses incidental thereto, shall be recoverable from that borrower and the money which is received by the secured creditor shall, in the absence of any contract to the contrary , be held by him in trust to be applied, firstly, in payment of such costs, charges and expenses and secondly, in discharge of the dues of the secured creditor and the reduced the money so received shall be paid to the person entitled thereto in accordance with his rights and interests.

(8) If the dues of the secured creditor together with all costs, charge and expensed incurred by him are tendered to the secured creditor at any time before the date fixed for sale or transfer, the secured asset shall not be sold or transferred by the secured creditor, and no further step shall be taken by him for transfer by him for transfer or sale of that secure asset.

(9) In the case of financing of a financial asset by more than one secured creditors or joint financing of a financial asset by secured creditors. No secured creditor shall be entitled to excise any or all of the right conferred on him under or pursuant to sub-section (4) unless exercise of such right agreed upon by the secured creditors, representing not less than tree- fourth in value of the amount outstanding as on all the secured creditors:

Provided that in the case of a company in liquidation, the realised from the sale of secured asset shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of section 529 A of the Companies Act, 1956:

Provided further that in the case of a company being wound up on or after the commencement of this Ordinance, the secured creditor of such company, who opts to realise his security instead of relinquishing his security and proving his debt under provision to sub-section (1) of section 529 of the companies Act, 1956, may retain the sale proceeds of his secured asset after depositing the workmen’s dues with the liquidator in accordance with the provisions of section 529A of that Act:

Provided also that liquidator referred to second provision shall intimate that secured creditors the workmen’s dues in accordance with the provisions of section 529A of the Companies Act, 1956, and in case such workmen’s dues under that section to the secured creditor may retain the sale proceeds of the secured asset after depositing the amount such estimated dues with the liquidator:

Provided also that in case the secured creditor deposits the estimate amount of workmen’s dues, such creditor shall be liable to pay the balance of the workmen’s dues or entitled to receive the excess amount, if any deposited by the secured creditor with the liquidator:

Provided also that the secured creditor shall furnish undertaking t the liquidator to pay the balance of the workmen’s dues, if any.

Explanation –For the purpose of this sub-section,—

1. "record date" means the date agreed by the secured creditors representing not less than three fourth in value of the amount outstanding on such date;
2. "amount outstanding" shall include principal, interest and any other dues payable by the borrower to the secured creditor in respect of secured asset as per the books of account of the secured creditor.

(10) Where dues of the secured creditor are not fully satisfied with the sale proceeds of the secured asset, the secured creditor may file an application in the form and manner as may be prescribed to the Debts Recovery Tribunal having jurisdiction or a competent court, as the case may be, for recovery of the balance amount from the borrower.

(11) Without prejudice to the right conferred on the secured creditor under or any this section, secured creditor shall be entitled to process against the guarantors or sell the pledged asset without first taking any of the measured specified in clause (a) to (d) of sub-section (4) in relation to the secured asset under this Ordinance.

(12) The right of secured creditor under this Ordinance may be exercised by one or more his officers authorized in this behalf in such manner as may be prescribed.

(13) No borrower shall after receipt of notice refereedto in sub-section (12), transfer by way of sale, lease or otherwise (other than in the ordinary course of his business) any o9f his secured asset referred to in the notice, without prior written consent of secured creditor.

14. (1) Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or District Magistrate to assist secured creditor in talking possession. Where the procession of any secured asset is required to be taken by the secured creditor or if any of the secured assets is required to be sold or transferred by the secured creditor under the provisions of this ordinance, the secured creditor may, for the purpose of taking procession or control of any such secured asset, request, in writing, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, or the District Magistrate within whose jurisdiction any such secured asset or other asset or the documents relating thereto may be situated or found to take procession thereof and the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or as the case may be the District Magistrate shall, on such request being made to him –

1. take pocession of such asset and documents relating thereto; and
2. forward such asset and documents to the secured creditor.

(2) For the purpose of securing compliance with the provision of sub-section (1), the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of the District Magistrate make take or cause to be taken such steps and use, or cause to be used such force, as may, in his opinion, be necessary.

(3) No act of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or the District Magistrate done in pursuance of this section shall be called in question in any court or before any authority.

15. (1) Manner and effect of takeover of management. When the management of business of a borrower is taken over by the secured creditor, the secured creditor may, by publishing a notice in a news paper published in English language and in a newspaper published in an Indian language in circulation in the place where the principal office of the borrower is situated, appoint as many person as it think fit –

(a) in case where the borrower is a company as defined in the Companies Act, 1956, to be the directors of that borrower in accordance with the provisions of that Act; or

(b) in any other case, to be the administrator of the business of theborrower.

(2) On publication of a notice under sub-section (1),-

in any case where the borrower is a company as defined in the Companies Act, 1956, all person holding offices as directors of the company and in any other case, all person holding any offices having powered of superintendence, direction and control of the business of the borrower immediately before the publication of the notice under sub-section (1), shall be deemed to have vacated their offices as such;
any contract of management between the borrower and any director or manager thereof holding offices as such immediately before publication of the notice under sub-section (1), shall be deemed to be terminated;
the director or the administrators appointed under this section shall take such steps as may be necessary to take into their custody or under their control all the property and effects and actionable claims to which the business of the borrower is, or appears to be, entitled and all the property and effect of the business of the borrower shall be deemed to be in the custody of the directors or administrators, as the case may be as form the date of the publication of the notice;
the directors appointed under this section shall, for all purpose, be the directors of the company of the borrower and such directors or as the case may be, the administrators appointed under this section, shall alone be entitled to exercise all the powers of the directors or as the case may be, of the persons exercising powers of superintendence, director and control, of the business of the borrower whether such powers are derived from the memorandum or articles of association of the company of the borrower or form any other source whatsoever.

(3) Where the management of the business of a borrower, being a company as defined in the Companies Act, 1956, is taken over by secured creditor, then notwithstanding anything contained in the said Act, or in the memorandum or articles of association of such borrower, —

it shall not be lawful for the shareholders of such company or any other person to nominate or appoint any person to be a director of the company;
no resolution passed at any meeting of the shareholders of such company shall be given effect to unless approved by the secured creditor;
no proceeding for the winding up of such company or for the appointment of a receiver in respect thereof shall lie in any court, except with the consent of the secured creditor.

(4) Where the management of the business of a borrower had been taken over by the secured creditor shall, on relation of his debt in full restore the management of the business of the borrower to him.

16. (1) No compensation to directors for loss of office. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any contract or in any other law for the time being in force, no managing director or any other director or a manager or any person in charge of management of the business of the borrower shall be entitled to any compensation for the loss of office or for the premature termination under this Ordinance of any contract of management of entered into by him with the borrower.

(2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall affect the right of any such managing director or any other director or manager of any such person in charge of management to recover from the business of the borrower moneys recoverable otherwise than by way of such compensation..

17. (1) Right to appeal. Any person (including borrower) aggrieved by any of the measures referred to in sub-section (4) of section 13 taken by the secured creditor or his authorised officer under this chapter, may prefer an appeal to the Debts Recovery Tribunal having jurisdiction in the matter within forty-five days from the date on which such measures had been taken.

(2) Where a borrower prefers an appeal, such appeal shall not be entertained by the Debts Recovery Tribunal unless the borrower has deposited with the debts Recovery Tribunal seventy-five per cent. of the amount claimed in the notice referred in sub-section (2) of section 13:

Provided that the Debts Recovery Tribunal may, for reasons to be recorded in writing waive or reduce the amount to be deposited under this section.

(3) Save as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, the Debts Recovery Tribunal shall, as far as may be, dispose of the appeal in accordance with the provisions of the Recovery of Debts Due to Bank and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 and rules made thereunder.

18. (1) Appeal to appellate Tribunal. Any person aggrieved by any order by the Debts Recovery Tribunal under section 17 may prefer an appeal to an Appellate Tribunal within thirty days from the date of receipt of the order of Debts Recovery Tribunal.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, the Appellate Tribunal shall, as far as may be dispose of the appeal in accordance with the provisions of the Recovery of Debts Due to Bank and Financial Institution Act,1993, and rules made thereunder.

19. Right of borrower to receive compensation and costs in certain cases. If the debts Recovery Tribunal or the Appellate Tribunal as the case may be, on an appeal filed under section 17 or section 18, holds pocession of secured asset by the secured creditor as wrongful and directs the secured creditor to return such secured asset to the concerned borrower, such borrower shall be entitled to payment of such compensation and costs as may be determined by such Tribunal or Appellate Tribunal.

CHAPTER IV

CENTRAL REGISTRY

20. (1) Central Registary. The Central Government may by notification, set up or cause to be set up from such date as it may specify in such notification, a registry to be non as the central Registry with its own seal for the purpose of registration of transaction of securitisation or reconstruction of financial asset and creation of security interest under this Ordinance.

(2) The head office of the central registry shall be such place as the Central Government may specify and for the purpose of facilitating registration of transaction to in sub-section (1), there may be established at such other places as the Central Government may think fit, branch offices of the Central Registry.

(3) The Central Government may, notification define the territorial limits within which an office of the Central Registry may exercise its function.

(4) The provisions of this Ordinance pertaining of the Central Registry shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any of the provisions contained in the registration act, 1908, the Companies Act, 1956, the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, the Patents Act, 1970,the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, and design Act, 2000 or any other law requiring registration of charge and shall not affected the priority of charge of validity thereof under those Acts or laws.

21. (1) The Central Government may, by notification, appoint a person for the purpose of registration of transactions relating to securitisation, reconstruction financial asset, and security interest created over properties, to be known as the Central Registrar.

(2) The Central Government may appoint such other officers with such designations as it thinks fit for the purpose of discharging, under the superintendence and direction of the Central Registrar, such function of Central Registrar under this Ordinance as he may, for time, authorise them to discharge.

22. (1) Register of securitisation, reconstruction and security interest, transaction . For the purpose of this Ordinance, a record called the Central Register shall be kept at the head office of the Central Registry for entering the particulars of the transaction relating to—

1. securitisation of financial asset;
2. reconstruction of financial asset; and.
3. Creation of security interest

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), it shall be lawful for the central registered to keep records wholly or partly in computer floppies, diskettes or any other electronic from subject to such safeguards as may prescribed.

(3) Where such register is maintained wholly or partly on computer under sub-section(2) any reference in this Ordinance to entry in the central register shall be construed as a reference to any entry as maintained on computer or in any other electronic from

(4)The register shall be kept under the control and management of the Central Registrar

23. Filling of transaction of securitisation, reconstruction and creation of security interest. The particular of every transaction of securitisation, asset reconstruction or creation of security interest shall be filed, with the Central Registrar in the manner and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, within thirty days after the case of such transaction or creation of security, by the securitisation company or reconstruction company or the secured creditor, as the case may be:

Provided that the Central Registrar may allow the filling of the particulars of such transaction or creation of security within thirty days next following the expiry of the said period of thirty days on payment of such additional fees not exceeding ten times the amount of such fee.

24.Modification of security interest registered under this Ordinance. Whenever the terms or conditions, or the extent or operation of any security interest registered under this Chapter are or is modified it shall be the duty of the securitisation company or the reconstruction company or the secured creditors, as the case may be, to send to the Central Registrar, the particular of a such modification, and the provisions of this Chapter as to registration of security interest shall apply to such modification of such security interest.

25. (1)Securitisation company or reconstruction company or secured creditors to report satisfaction of security interest. The securitisation company or reconstruction company or the secured creditor as the case may be, shall give information to the Central Registrar of the payment or satisfaction in full, of any security interest relating to the securitisation company or reconstruction company or the secured creditor and requiring registration under this Chapter, within thirty days from the date of such of payment or satisfaction.

(2) The Central Register shall, on receipt of such information, cause a notice to be sent to the securitisation company or reconstruction company or the secured creditor calling upon it to show cause within a time not exceeding fourteen days specified in such notice, as to why payment or satisfaction should not be recorded as intimated to the Central Registrar.

(3) If no cause is shown, the Central Registrar shall order that memorandum of satisfaction shall be entered in the Central Register.

(4) If cause is shown, the Central Registrar shall record a note to that the effect in the Central Register, and shall inform the borrower that he has done so.

26. (1) Right to inspect particulars of securitisation,, reconstruction and security interest transaction. The particulars of securitisation or reconstruction or security interest entered in the Central Register, and shall inform the borrower that he has done so.

(2)The Central Register referred to in sub-section (1) maintained in electronic from, shall also be open during the business hours for the inspection of any person through electronic media on payment of such fees as may be prescribed.

CHAPTER V

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

27. Penalties. If a default is made –

1. in filling under section 23, the particulars of every transaction of any securitisation or asset reconstruction or security interest created by a securitisation or reconstruction company or secured creditors; or
2. in sending under section 24, the particulars of the modification referred to in that section; or
3. in giving intimation under section 25,

every company and every officer of the company or the secured creditor and every officer of the secured creditor who is default shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees for every day during which default countries.

28. Penalties for non-compliance of direction of Reserve Bank. If any securitisation company or reconstruction company fails to comply with any direction issued by the Reserve Bank under section 12, such company and every officer of the company who is in default, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees and in the case of a continuing offence, with an additional fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees for every day during which default continues.

29.Offences. If any person contravences or attempts to contravene or abets the contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any rules made thereunder, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or with both.

30.Congnizance of offence. No court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class shall try an offence punishable under this Ordinance

CHAPTER VI

MISCELLANEOUS

31. Provisions of this Ordinance not to apply in certain cases. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to—

1. a lien on any goods, money or security given or under the Indian Contract Act, 1872 or the sale of goods Act,1930, or any other law for the time being in force;
2. a pledge of movable within the meaning of section 172 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872;
3. creation of any security in any as defined in clause (1) of section 2 of the Aircraft Act, 1934;
4. creation of security interest in any vessel as defined in clause (55) of section 3 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958;
5. any conditional sale, hire-purchased or lease or any other contract in which no security interest has been created;
6. any right of unpaid seller under section 47 of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930;
7. any properties not liable to attachment or sale under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 60 of the code of Civil Procedure, 1908;
8. any security interest for securing repayment of any financial asset not extending one lakh rupees;
9. any security interest created in agricultural land;
10. any case in which the amount due is less than twenty per cent of the principal amount and interest thereon .

32.Protection of action taken in good faith. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any secured creditor or any of his officers or manager exercising any of the rights of the secured creditor or borrower for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith under this Ordinance.

33.(1) Offences by companies. Where an offence under this Ordinance has been committed by a company, every person who at the time the offence was committed was in charge offend was responsible to, the company, for the conduct of the business of the company as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeds against and punished accordingly:

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall under any such person liable to any punishment provided in this Ordinance, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Ordinance has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, such director manager, secretary or other officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of the offences and shall be liable to be proceeds against and punished accordingly.

Explanation – For the purpose of this section, –

1. "company" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and
2. "director", in relation to a firm, means partner in the firm.

34.Civil court to have jurisdiction. No civil court shall have jurisdiction to certain any suit or proceeding in respect of any matter which a Debts Recovery Tribunal or an Appellate Tribunal is empowered by or under this Ordinance to determine and no injunction shall be granted by any court or other authority in respect of any action taken or to be taken in pursuance of any power conferred by or under this Ordinance or under the Recovery of Debts Due to Bank and Financial Institution Act, 1993.

35.The provisions of this ordinance to override other laws. The Provisions of this Ordinance shall have effect, notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force or any instrument having effect by virtue of any such law.

36.Limitation. No secured creditor shall be entitled to take all or any of the measures under sub-section (4) of section 13, unless his claim in respect of the financial asset is made within the period of limitation prescribed under the Limitation Act, 1963.

37.Application of other laws not barred. The provisions of this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder shall be addition to, and not in derogation of the Companies Act, 1956, the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, the Recovery of Debts Due to Bank and Financial Institution Act, 1993, or any other law for the time being in force.

38.(1) Power of Central Government to make rules. The Central Government may, by notification and the Electronic Gazette as defined in clause (s) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: –

1. the from and manner in which an application may be filed under sub-section (10) of section 22;
2. the manner in which the rights of secured creditor may be exercised by one or more of his officers under sub-section (12) of section 13;
3. the safeguards subject to which the records may, be kept under sub-section (2) of section 22;
4. the manner in which the particulars of every transaction of securitisation shall be filed under section 23 and fee for filing such transaction;
5. the fee for inspection the particulars of transaction kept under section 22 and entered in the Central Register under sub-section (1) of section 26;
6. the fees for inspecting the Central Register maintained in electronic from under sub-section (2) of section 26;
7. any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed, in respect of which provision is to be, or may be, made by rules .

(3) Every rule under this Ordinance shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or in two or more successive session aforesaid, both House agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified from or be of no effect as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of any thing previously done under that rule.

39.Certain provisions of this Ordinance to apply after registry is set up or caused to be set up. The provisions of sub-section (2), (3) and (4) of section 20 and section 21,22,23,24,25,26.and 27 shall apply after the Central Registry is set up caused to be sent up under sub-section (1) of section 20.

40.(1) Power to remove difficulties. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Central Government may, by order published in the official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance as may appear to be necessary for removing the difficulty:

Provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of a period of two years from the commencement of this Ordinance.

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament.

41.The Amendments of certain enactments. The enactments specifies in the schedule shall be amended in the manner specified therein.

THE SCHEDULE

(See section 41)

Year	Act No.	Short title	Amendment
1956	42	The Securities Contracts(Regulation) Act, 1956.	In section 2, in clause (h), after sub-section (ib), insert the following :- " (ic) security receipt as defined in clause (zg) of section 2 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Ordinance, 2002"
1986	1	The Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985.	In section 15, in sub-section (1), after the Proviso, insert the following :- Provided further that no reference shall be made to the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction after the commencement of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Asset and Enforcement of Security Interest Ordinance, 2002, where financial assets have been acquired by any securitisation company or reconstruction company under sub-section (1) of section 5 of that Ordinance Provided also that or after the commencement of the securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Ordinance, 2002, where a reference is pending before the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction, such reference shall abate if the secured creditors, representing not less than three- fourth in value of the amount outstanding against financial assistance disbursed to the borrower of such secured creditor, have taken any measures to recover their secured debt under sub-section (4) of section 13 of that Ordinance."
		The Companies Act, 1956.	In sec. 4A, the following shall be added " (vii) the securitisation company or reconstruction company which has obtained a certificate of registration under sub-section (4) of section 3 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Ordinance, 2002"

THE SECURITISATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST ORDINANCE, 2002

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