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February 2012

A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 60, dated 22-12- 2011 — Know Your Customer (KYC) norms/ Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards/ Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Obligation of Authorised Persons under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, (PMLA), 2002, as amended by Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009 — Money changing activities.

By Gaurang Gandhi
Chartered Accountant
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This Circular has amended instructions related to documents that can be considered as proof of identity and proof of address from foreign tourists.
Customer Identification Procedure

Features to be verified and documents that may be obtained from customers:

Extant
guidelines

 

 

Revised
guidelines

 

 

 

 

 

 

Features

Documents

Features

Documents

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transactions
with

 

 

Transactions
with

 

 

individuals

(i)

Passport

individuals

 

 

  Legal 
name  and  any

— Legal name and any
other

(i)

Passport

other names used

(ii)

PAN card

names used

(ii)

PAN card

 

 

 

(iii)

Voter’s Identity Card

 

(iii)

Voter’s identity card

 

(iv)

Driving licence

 

(iv)

Driving licence

 

(v)

Identity card (subject

 

(v)

Identity card (sub-

 

 

to the AP’s satisfac-

 

 

ject to the AP’s

 

 

tion)

 

 

satisfaction)

 

(vi)

Letter from a recogn-

 

(vi)

Letter from a recog-

 

 

ised public authority
or

 

 

nised public author-

 

 

public servant
verifying

 

 

ity or public servant

 

 

the identity and resi-

 

 

verifying the
identity

 

 

dence of the customer

 

 

and residence of the

 

 

to the satisfaction
of

 

 

customer to the sat-

 

 

the AP.

 

 

isfaction of the AP.

— Correct permanent ad-

(i)

Telephone bill

— Correct permanent ad-

(i)

Telephone bill

dress

(ii)

Bank account state-

dress

(ii)

Bank account

 

 

 

 

ment

 

 

statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extant
guidelines

 

 

Revised
guidelines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Features

Documents

Features

Documents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

Letter from any rec-

 

(iii)

Letter from any rec-

 

 

ognised public
author-

 

 

ognised public
author-

 

 

ity

 

 

ity

 

 

 

(iv)

Electricity bill

 

(iv)

Electricity bill

 

 

 

(v)

Ration card

 

(v)

Ration card

 

 

 

(vi)

Letter from employer

 

 

 

 

 

(vi)

Letter from employer

 

 

(subject to satisfaction

 

 

(subject to satisfaction

 

 

of the AP). (Any one
of

 

 

 

 

the documents, which

 

 

of the AP). (Any one of

 

 

 

 

 

 

provides customer in-

 

 

the documents, which

 

 

formation to the
satis-

 

 

provides customer in-

 

 

faction of the AP
will

 

 

formation to the satis-

 

 

suffice).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

faction of the AP will

 

Note: In case of foreign

 

 

suffice.)

 

 

 

 

tourists, copies of
passport

 

 

 

 

containing
identification par-

 

 

 

 

ticulars and address,
may be

 

 

 

 

accepted as
documentary

 

 

 

 

proof for both
identification

 

 

 

 

as well as address.
Further,

 

 

 

 

a copy of the visa of
non-

 

 

 

 

residents, duly
stamped by

 

 

 

 

Indian Immigration
authori-

 

 

 

 

ties may also be
obtained

 

 

 

 

and kept on record.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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