Securities Board of Nepalनेपाल धितोपत्र बोर्ड

What does it do?

• Established to develop the capital market, protect the interests of investors in securities, and regulate the issue, purchase, sale, distribution and exchange of securities and the activities of persons in the securities market and securities business. giwmscdnone.gov.np Securities Act 2063, s.3(1)
• “Regulate and systematize the issue, transfer, sale and exchange of registered securities.” www.sebon.gov.np About SEBON, functions list
• “Issue license to stock broker, dealer, merchant banker and fund manager.” www.sebon.gov.np About SEBON, functions list

Which law set it up?

What the law says is summarised with section numbers, not quoted, because text copied from the official PDFs is not reliable.

Law

Securities Act, 2063धितोपत्र सम्बन्धी ऐन, २०६३

Section

Section 3(1) (बोर्डको स्थापना)

Official text

lawcommission.gov.np

History

“Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) was established by the Government of Nepal on June 7, 1993 as an apex regulator of Securities Markets. It has been regulating the market under the Securities Act, 2006.” www.sebon.gov.np About SEBON

Who leads it and who oversees it?

Head

Dr. Gopal Prasad Bhatta, Chairman www.sebon.gov.np Checked 2026-10-16

Falls under

No official source found stating a supervising ministry. The Act (s.3(2)) and SEBON's page put a Ministry of Finance joint secretary on the Board.

Website

www.sebon.gov.np

What could we not establish?

• SEBON was set up in 1993, before the Securities Act 2063. The earlier instrument it was first created under is not named on the About page and was not verified.नेपाल धितोपत्र बोर्ड धितोपत्रसम्बन्धी ऐन, २०६३ भन्दा पहिले सन् १९९३ मा स्थापित भएको थियो। सुरुमा कुन कानूनी व्यवस्थाअन्तर्गत स्थापना भएको थियो भन्ने परिचय पृष्ठमा उल्लेख छैन र पुष्टि गरिएको छैन।