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Regulation 148

Repeal and Savings

IFSCA (Fund Management) Regulations, 2025No change in 2026Chapter XII · Miscellaneous

Chapter XII · Miscellaneous

Regulation 148 – Repeal and Savings
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In plain English

On commencement, the 2022 Fund Management Regulations are repealed and two named 2024 circulars are superseded, with savings so that prior actions, applications, rights and liabilities continue under the corresponding new provisions, and surviving circulars/guidelines are deemed issued under these regulations until superseded.

In plain English
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The rule, in its own words

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148. (1) On and from the commencement of these regulations, the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Fund Management) Regulations, 2022, shall stand repealed. (2) On and from the commencement of these regulations, the following circulars issued by the Authority shall stand superseded: a. IFSCA Circular No. IFSCA-IF-10PR/1/2023-Capital Markets/4 issued on July 25, 2024; and b. IFSCA Circular No. IFSCA-IF-10PR/1/2023-Capital Markets/5 issued on October 29, 2024. (3) Notwithstanding such repeal and supersession, — (a) anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or taken including registration or approval granted, suspended or cancelled, fees collected, any ad…
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148. (1) On and from the commencement of these regulations, the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Fund Management) Regulations, 2022, shall stand repealed. (2) On and from the commencement of these regulations, the following circulars issued by the Authority shall stand superseded: a. IFSCA Circular No. IFSCA-IF-10PR/1/2023-Capital Markets/4 issued on July 25, 2024; and b. IFSCA Circular No. IFSCA-IF-10PR/1/2023-Capital Markets/5 issued on October 29, 2024. (3) Notwithstanding such repeal and supersession, — (a) anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or taken including registration or approval granted, suspended or cancelled, fees collected, any adjudication, enquiry or investigation commenced or show-cause notice issued, under the repealed regulations, superseded circulars, shall be deemed to have been done or taken or commenced under the corresponding provisions of these regulations; (b) any application made to the Authority under the repealed regulations, prior to such repeal, and pending before it shall be deemed to have been made under the corresponding provisions of these regulations; (c) the previous operation of the repealed regulations, superseded circulars or anything duly done or suffered thereunder, any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the repealed regulations, any penalty incurred in respect of any violation committed against the repealed regulations, or any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty as aforesaid, shall remain unaffected as if the repealed regulations have never been repealed. (4) After the repeal of International Financial Services Centres Authority (Fund Management) Regulations, 2022, any reference thereto in any other regulations made, guidelines or circulars issued thereunder by the Authority, any act of the Government of India or laws enacted by other statutory authorities shall be deemed to have the reference to the corresponding provisions of these regulations. (5) Save as otherwise contained in sub-regulation (2), the circulars or guidelines issued by Authority under the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Fund Management) Regulations, 2022, shall be deemed to have been issued under these regulations unless and until they are specifically superseded or modified by the Authority.
Statutory text — Principal Regulations, 2025 (as amended to 30 January 2026), consolidated where amended. The notified Gazette text prevails. Tap a highlighted word for how it functions.
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Exceptions and conditions

Taken from the wording of this provision — the carve-outs and conditions worth reading closely.

(3) Notwithstanding such repeal and supersession, —
(5) Save as otherwise contained in sub-regulation (2), the circulars or guidelines issued by Authority under the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Fund Management) Regulations, 2022, shall be deemed to have been issued under these regulations unless and until they are specifically superseded or modified by the Authority.
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What this means in practice

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Where it connects

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Check yourself

On commencement, what happened to the 2022 Fund Management Regulations?
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