---
language:
- en
license: cc-by-4.0
tags:
- legal
- indian-law
- india-code
- statutes
- scra
- scra-1956
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- n<1K
pretty_name: Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act (1956)
task_categories:
- text-retrieval
- question-answering
---

# Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act (1956)

Official statutory provisions and sections of the **Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act** (1956), extracted directly from the official Gazette of India and India Code.

## 📋 Metadata
- **Act Code**: `SCRA`
- **Official Name**: Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act
- **Enactment Year**: 1956
- **Status**: current
- **Total Sections Extracted**: 78

## 📁 Repository Contents
1. `securities_contracts_regulation_act_1956.json`: Structured JSON containing all chapters, sections, titles, and body texts.
2. `securities_contracts_regulation_act_1956.pdf`: Original official Gazette / India Code source PDF publication.

## 📊 Data Schema (`securities_contracts_regulation_act_1956.json`)
```json
{
  "act_code": "SCRA",
  "act_name": "Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act",
  "year": 1956,
  "status": "current",
  "total_sections": 78,
  "sections": [
    {
      "act_code": "SCRA",
      "chapter_number": "I",
      "chapter_title": "PRELIMINARY",
      "section_number": "1",
      "section_title": "Short title, extent and commencement.",
      "text": "..."
    }
  ]
}
```

## ⚖️ Source & Citation
- Sourced from the Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India / [India Code](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/).
- Part of the comprehensive **[Indian Legal MCP](https://huggingface.co/spaces/GSMS-B/indian-legal-mcp)** ecosystem.