Sebi opens one-year particular window for switch and dematerialisation of bodily securities
In a round issued on January 30, Sebi mentioned the particular window will likely be open from February 5, 2026 to February 4, 2027. The transfer is aimed toward buyers who have been unable to switch their bodily securities earlier than April 1, 2019, when the regulator made dematerialisation necessary for switch of securities.
Based on Sebi, the window will enable such buyers to regularise and full the transfer-cum-dematerialisation of their securities. This can allow them to achieve entry to securities that might not be transferred earlier because of causes similar to incomplete paperwork, procedural hurdles or different comparable points.
The particular window can even apply to switch requests that have been submitted earlier however have been rejected, returned, or not processed due to deficiencies in paperwork or procedures. Traders will have the ability to resubmit these circumstances in the course of the one-year interval.
Sebi mentioned the measure is meant to assist buyers get rightful entry to their securities that stay in bodily type. The provisions of the round will come into impact from February 5, 2026.
The round has been issued as a part of the regulator’s efforts to ease the method of doing investments and tackle long-pending investor grievances associated to bodily securities.
