¹ [3B. Register of beneficial owners.—The register of beneficial owners maintained by a depository under section 11 of the Depositories Act, 1996 (22 of 1996), shall be deemed to be a register of shareholders for the purpose of this Act.

Explanation.—For the purposes of section 3, section 3A and this section, the expressions "beneficial owner ", "depository " and "registered owner " shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in clauses (a), (e) and (j) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Depositories Act, 1996 (22 of 1996).]

1. Ins. by s. 18, ibid. (w.e.f. 15-1-1997).