renewal of approval, provided that the SEC Office has never issued any order or disclosed information concerning incompetence in performance of duty or possession of the prohibited characteristics under the

duties exceeding the earlier approval, the period of the previous approval shall end on the date when the latter approval takes effect; (b) in other cases apart from sub clause (a), the period of approval

latter approval for such position has the scope of duties exceeding the earlier approval, the period of the previous approval shall end on the date when the latter approval takes effect; (b) in other cases