law: Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992
  
  18.Returns and reports.-
  (1) The Board shall
  
  furnish to the Central Government at such time and in such form and manner as
  
  may be prescribed or as the Central Government may direct, such returns and
  
  statements and such particulars in regard to any proposed or existing program
  
  for the promotion and development the securities market, as the Central
  
  Government may, from time to time, require.
  (2) Without prejudice
  
  to the provision of sub-section (1), the Board shall, within sixty days after
  
  the end of each financial year, submit to the Central Government a report in
  
  such form, as may be prescribed, giving a true and full account of its
  
  activities, policy and programmes during the previous financial year.
  (3) A copy of the
  
  report received under sub-section (2) shall be laid, as soon as may be after it
  
  is received, before each House of Parliament.