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Financial Markets Act, 2012 (Act No. 19 of 2012)

Chapter IV : Custody and Administration of Securities

General provisions relating to custody and administration of securities

39. Pledge or cession of uncertificated securities in securitatem debiti

 

(1)
(a) A pledge or cession in securitatem debiti, as constituted by an agreement, in respect of uncertificated securities or an interest in uncertificated securities held by a central securities depository, participant, authorised user or nominee, as the case may be, must be effected by entry in the central securities account or the securities account, as the case may be, of—
(i) the pledgor in favour of the pledgee specifying the name of the pledgee, the number or nominal value of the uncertificated securities, the interest in the uncertificated securities pledged and the date of entry; or
(ii) the cedent in favour of the cessionary specifying the name of the cessionary, the number or nominal value of the uncertificated securities, the interest in the uncertificated securities ceded and the date of entry, as the case may be.
(b) Uncertificated securities or an interest in uncertificated securities referred to in paragraph (a) may not be transferred or otherwise dealt with, and no instruction by the pledgor or cedent may be given effect to, without the written consent of the pledgee or cessionary.
(c) The pledgee or cessionary of uncertificated securities or an interest in uncertificated securities referred to in paragraph (a) is entitled to all the rights of a pledgee of movable property or cessionary of a right in movable property pledged or ceded to secure a debt.
(d) A pledge or cession in securitatem debiti effected in accordance with paragraph (a) is effective against third parties.
(e) Nothing in this section prejudices any power of a participant or central securities depository, as the case may be, to effect a pledge or cession in securitatem debiti to a person to whom the right to any uncertificated securities or an interest in uncertificated securities referred to in paragraph (a) has been transmitted by operation of law.

 

(2) This section does not apply to an out-and-out cession in respect of securities or an interest in securities and such a cession must be effected in accordance with section 38.

 

(3) An interest in respect of uncertificated securities may be granted under this section, where applicable, and in the manner provided for in the depository rules, and is effective against third parties, in relation to a central securities account or a securities account, where such an interest extends to all uncertificated securities standing to the credit of the relevant central securities account or a securities account at the time the pledge is effected.

[Section 39(3) substituted by section 290, item 24 of Schedule 4, of the Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017 (Act No. 9 of 2017), Notice No. 853, GG 41060, dated 22 August 2017 - effective 9 February 2018 (Notice R. 99, GG 41433, dated 9 February 2018)]