law: Depositories Act, 1996 
  2. Definitions 
  (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- 
  (a) "beneficial owner" means a
  
  person whose name is recorded as such with a depository;
  (b) "Board" means the Securities and
  
  Exchange Board of India established under section 3 of the Securities and
  
  Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992);
  (c) "bye-laws" means bye-laws made
  
  by a depository under section 26;
  (d) "Company Law Board" means the
  
  Board of Company Law Administration constituted under section 10E of the
  
  Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956);
  (e) "depository" means a company
  
  formed and registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) and which has
  
  been granted a certificate of registration under sub-section (1A) of section 12
  
  of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992);
  (f) "issuer" means any person making
  
  an issue of securities;
  (g) "participant" means a person
  
  registered as such under sub-section (1A) of section 12 of the Securities and
  
  Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992);
  (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by
  
  rules made under this Act;
  (i) "record" includes the records
  
  maintained in the form of books or stored in a computer or in such other form
  
  as may be determined by regulations;
  (j) "registered owner" means a
  
  depository whose name is entered as such in the register of the issuer;
  (k) "regulations" means the
  
  regulations made by the Board;
   1  [(ka) "Securities Appellate
  
  Tribunal" means a Securities Appellate Tribunal established under
  
  sub-section (1) of section 15K of the Securities and Exchange Board of India
  
  Act, 1992;]
  (l) "security" means such security
  
  as may be specified by the Board;
  (m) "service" means any service
  
  connected with recording of allotment of securities or transfer of ownership of
  
  securities in the record of a depository.
  (2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but
  
  defined in the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or the Securities Contracts
  
  (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956) or the Securities and Exchange Board
  
  of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), shall have the meanings respectively
  
  assigned to them in those Acts.