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PIT · R-04

Trading plans and pre-clearance architecture

Apply Regulation 5 trading-plan rules with code-based pre-clearance, window closure and contra-trade controls.

Source review: 12 March 2025Listed entities, intermediaries, fiduciaries, insiders, designated persons and mutual fundsProfessional control guide
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Finin2min Summary — in 2 Minutes

Decision: Apply Regulation 5 trading-plan rules with code-based pre-clearance, window closure and contra-trade controls.

Legal owner and source control

RegulationProhibition of Insider Trading Regulations, 2015
Current source date12 March 2025
Numbered anchorsRegulations 2–5, 5A–5G, 6–7, 7A onward, 8, 9, 9A, 10–11 and Schedules/Codes.
Official sourceSEBI Regulation record

How to apply this control

1. Freeze the facts

Record the entity, security or product, transaction, decision-maker, counterparty, amount and event date.

2. Locate the provision

Open the official consolidated Regulation and identify the exact numbered provision, proviso, explanation and Schedule.

3. Add subordinate implementation

Map the current Master Circular, later circular, exchange/depository specification and filing format without treating them as the Regulation itself.

4. Preserve evidence

Approved plan, public dissemination, pre-clearance file, trade confirmations and exception approval.

Evidence checklist

  • Applicable legal version and amendment date.
  • Named business and compliance owner.
  • Approval, filing, acknowledgement and communication trail.
  • Maker-checker, exception and escalation evidence.
  • Post-event reconciliation and breach assessment.

Common failure

Avoid: Using a trading plan or pre-clearance to cure information sharing or an ineligible trade.

Finin2min Q&A

Is this page the legal text?

No. It is an implementation guide. Use the official SEBI consolidated Regulation for the exact wording and numbering.

Does a successful exchange or portal filing prove compliance?

No. Acceptance proves a system transaction; it does not cure wrong applicability, approvals, disclosures, timing or evidence.

What should be checked after an amendment?

Effective date, saved actions, forms, policies, system rules, open transactions, board approvals and investor/client communications.