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  Chapter VII


COLLECTIVE CUSTODY AND THE SETTLEMENT OF EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS
 
Section One
Settlement of Securities Exchange Transactions
 
Article 55
(1) Settlement of Securities Exchange Transactions may occur by book-entry, physical delivery or other means stipulated in Government Regulations.
(2) A Clearing Guarantee Institution must guarantee settlement of Securities Exchange Transactions.
(3) Procedures for guaranteeing the settlement of Securities Exchange Transactions mentioned in items (1) and (2), shall be stipulated by contracts with the Securities Exchange, the Clearing Guarantee Institution, and the Central Securities Depository.
(4) In guaranteeing the settlement of Securities Exchange Transactions as stipulated in item (2), a Clearing Guarantee Institution may require collateral from users of its services.
(5) The contracts and collateral guarantees mentioned in items (3) and (4) shall be subject to BAPEPAM approval.
 
Section Two
Collective Custody
 
Article 56
(1) Securities in Collective Custody at a Central Securities Depository shall be recorded in the Issuer’s registry of Security-holders in the name of the Central Securities Depository as the representative of its account-holders.
(2) Securities in Collective Custody at a Custodian bank or a Securities Company and posted to a Securities account at a Central Securities Depository, shall be registered in such account in the name of the Custodian bank or Securities Company as the representative of its account holders.
(3) Securities in Collective Custody at a Custodian bank that are part of a Securities Portfolio under a collective investment contract and that are not deposited in Collective Custody at a Central Securities Depository, shall be recorded in the Issuer’s registry of Security-holders in the name of the Custodian bank as the representative of owners of Participation Units of the collective investment contract.
(4) Issuers must provide either certificates or confirmations to the Central Securities Depository referred to in item (1) or to the Custodian bank referred to in item (3), as proof of registry in the Issuer’s record of Security-holders.
(5) Central Securities Depository, Custodian banks, and Securities Companies must provide account-holders with confirmations that serve as proof of registry in the Securities accounts mentioned in items (1) and (2).

Article 57
Securities In Collective Custody are interchangeable with and equivalent to other Securities of the same type and class of the same Issuer.

Article 58
(1) A Custodian shall record the transfer of ownership of Securities in Collective Custody by debiting and crediting the respective Securities accounts with the number of Securities transferred.
(2) On the instruction of the Central Securities Depository or Custodian bank, the Issuer must record on its books, the transfer of Securities out of Collective Custody, from the name of the Central Securities Depository or Custodian bank, to the name of the Person indicated.
(3) An Issuer shall refuse to record in Collective Custody, Securities that have been reported lost or destroyed, unless the Person requesting such registry can provide the Issuer with proof or a guarantee that it considers sufficient.
(4) An Issuer shall refuse to record in Collective Custody, Securities that have been pledged, blocked by court order, or seized as a result of a criminal investigation.


Article 59

(1) An account-holder has the right to withdraw funds and Securities at any time from his Securities account at a Central Securities Depository.
(2) Notwithstanding the stipulation of item (1), a Central Securities Depository may refuse to allow funds to be withdrawn or to transfer Securities from a Securities account, when such assets are blocked, restricted, or pledged.
(3) The blocking of a Securities account as stipulated in item (2), may only take place when the Central Securities Depository receives a written order from BAPEPAM or a written request from the Head of the Regional Police Force, the Chairman of the High Prosecutor, or the Chairman of the High Court, with respect to civil or criminal court proceedings.


Article 60

(1) Account holders that have Securities in Collective Custody are entitled to vote at the General Meeting of Security-holders.
(2) Issuers, the Central Securities Depository, Custodian banks, and Securities Companies must promptly distribute dividends, interest, bonus shares and other ownership entitlements on an account-holder’s Securities in Collective Custody.

Article 61
Except for Securities in the account of an Investment Fund, Securities in Collective Custody may be loaned or pledged.

Article 62
Issuers must provide for Collective Custody in their Articles of Association.

Article 63

Further rules on Collective Custody shall be stipulated by BAPEPAM

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