3B. Register of beneficial owner.-The register of beneficial owner maintained by a depository under section 11 of the Depositories Act, 1996, shall be deemed to be a register of shareholders for the purposes of this Act. Explanation: For the purposes of section 3, section 3A and this section the expressions "beneficial owner", "depository" and "registered owner" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in clause (a), (e) and (j) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Depositories Act, 1996. | 