MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 16th October, 2017
G.S.R 1300(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clauses (i), (j), (jj), (jjj) and (k) of sub-section (2) of section 73 of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments to the Prevention of Money laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Fifth Amendment Rules, 2017.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005, in rule 9,-
(i) in sub-rule (4), after the proviso, the following explanation shall be inserted, namely:-
“Explanation.- Obtaining a certified copy by reporting entity shall mean comparing the copy of officially valid document so produced by the client with the original and recording the same on the copy by the authorised officer of the reporting entity in a manner prescribed by the regulator.”;
(ii) in sub-rule (18), the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:–
“Provided that in case of officially valid document furnished by the client does not contain updated address, the following documents shall be deemed to be officially valid documents for the limited purpose of proof of address:-
(a) utility bill which is not more than two months old of any service provider (electricity, telephone, post-paid mobile phone, piped gas, water bill);
(b) property or Municipal tax receipt;
(c) pension or family pension payment orders (PPOs) issued to retired employees by Government Departments or Public Sector Undertakings, if they contain the address;
(d) letter of allotment of accommodation from employer issued by State Government or Central Government Departments, statutory or regulatory bodies, public sector undertakings, scheduled commercial banks, financial institutions and listed companies and leave and licence agreements with such employers allotting official accommodation;
Provided further that the client shall submit updated officially valid document with current address within a period of three months of submitting the above documents.”.
[Notification No. 6 /2017/F.No. P.12011/11/2016-ES Cell-DoR
BIPLAB KUMAR NASKAR, Under Secy.
