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Mandatory requirement of Permanent Account Number (PAN) – Issues and clarifications
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....ndatory requirement of PAN for operating Beneficiary Owner Account (BO) in the depository system. 2. Subsequent to the issue of above-referred SEBI Circulars, market participants have made further representations and suggestions and sought clarifications on the various issues from SEBI. 3. The further representations made and clarifications sought covered mainly the following aspects: 3.1. Exemption from the requirement of verification with the original PAN Card in respect of the institutional clients. Some of the brokers have expressed difficulty in verifying the PAN of institutional clients with the original PAN card as they are dealing through the custodians and not directly with their clients. 3.2. Some of the Investors have....
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....lopment Financial Institutions, State Industrial Development Corporations, Insurance Companies registered with IRDA and Public Financial Institution as defined under section 4A of the Companies Act, 1956. 4.2. In the light of the practical difficulties expressed by various market participants as detailed above in adhering to the present deadline of September 30, 2006, the present deadline has been extended to December 31, 2006, as a one time measure. 4.3. The clarification contained in para 4.1 of the SEBI Circular No. MRD/DoP/Dep/Cir-09/06 dated July 20, 2006 providing a grace period of 30 days to the entities registered with SEBI u/s 12 of the SEBI Act, 1992 stands withdrawn. 4.4. The clarifications as contained in Paras 4.2 to 4....
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.... in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate, the securities market. Yours faithfully, V.S. SUNDARESAN Encl: As above Annexure I GENERAL MANAGER MARKET REGULATION DEPARTMENT MRD/DoP/Dep/Cir-09/06 July 20, 2006 The Chairman & Managing Director National Securities Depository Ltd. Trade World, Kamala Mills Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400 013 The Managing Director & CEO Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai 400 023 Dear Sirs, Sub: Mandatory requirement of Permanent Account Number (PAN) - Issues and clarifications 1. This has reference to NSDL Circular No. NSDL/POLICY/2006/0007 d....
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.... Section 12 of the SEBI Act, 1992 and having some difficulty in producing PAN card for verification at the time of opening the Beneficiary Owner (BO) account may be permitted to open a BO account without producing the PAN card. However, such entities would be required to submit the PAN card to the Depository Participants (DPs) within a period of 30 days from the date of opening of the BO account for verification, failing which the DPs shall freeze such accounts as "Suspended for Debit" till such time the PAN card is produced for verification. 4.2. As regards proof of address of FIIs/sub-accounts, a copy of the Power of Attorney (POA) given by the FIIs/FII sub-accounts to the Custodians (which are duly notarized and/or apostiled or consul....
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....paying taxes/filing tax returns in India are exempted from the mandatory requirement of PAN. The exemption, however, would be subject to the DPs collecting documentary evidence in support of such claim of the investors. 4.5. Any investor who has PAN but not having the PAN card may be permitted to open BO Accounts subject to producing the PAN allotment letter. However, such investors would be required to produce the PAN Card on or before September 30, 2006 failing which the DPs shall freeze such accounts as "Suspended for Debit" till PAN card is produced for verification. 4.6. In case of HUF, Association of Persons (AoP), Partnership Firm, Unregistered Trust, etc. -- though the BO account would be in the name of natural persons, PAN of....