NOTICE

CSE/Notices/SEBI/2012/107                                                                 August 31, 2012

 

Trading Members of the Exchange are hereby informed that the Exchange has received a Circular from SEBI vide Ref. No. CIR/MIRSD/ 09 /2012, dated August 13, 2012 regarding Aadhaar Letter as Proof of Address for Know Your Client (KYC) norms. The contents of the said Circular is reproduced hereunder for information of the Trading Members.

 

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                                                    CIRCULAR

CIR/MIRSD/ 09 /2012                                                                    August 13, 2012

 

All Recognized Stock Exchanges

Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)

SEBI Registered Intermediaries:

1. KYC Registration Agencies (KRAs),

2. Stock Brokers through Stock Exchanges,

3. Depository Participants (DPs) through Depositories,

4. Mutual Funds (MFs)

5. Portfolio Managers (PMs)

6. Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs)

7. Collective Investment Schemes (CIS)

 

Dear Sirs,

  

Subject: Aadhaar Letter as Proof of Address for Know Your Client (KYC) norms.

 

1 Please refer to SEBI circular no. CIR/MIRSD/16/2011 dated August 22, 2011, MIRSD/SE/Cir-21/2011 dated October 5, 2011, on uniform KYC requirements and the list of documents admissible as Proof of Address.

 

2. In consultation with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Government of India, it has now been decided that the Aadhaar Letter issued by UIDAI shall be admissible as Proof of Address in addition to its presently being recognized as Proof

of Identity.

 

3 In partial modification, in point 9. d of SEBI Circular No. CIR/MIRSD/16/2011 dated August 22, 2011, the date shall be read as ‘January 31, 2000’ instead of  ‘January 3, 2000’ and in point 4 of SEBI Circular No. MIRSD/Cir-26/2011 dated December 23, 2011, the date shall be read as ‘February 1, 2012’ instead of ‘February 1, 2011’.

 

4. This circular is issued in exercise of powers conferred under Section 11(1) of the

Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 to protect the interests of investors

in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate the securities

markets .

 

Yours faithfully,

A. S. Mithwani

Deputy General Manager

022-26449613

Email: aliasgarm@sebi.gov.in

 

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Trading Members are requested to take note of the aforesaid guidelines of SEBI and act accordingly. 

 

 

M.A.V. Raju

Deputy General Manager