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Q1. What is PMLA? PMLA refers to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. Q2. When did the Prevention of Money Laundering Act come into force? The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 has come into force with effect from 1 July, 2005. The Act was amended by Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act 2009 w.e.f 01.06.2009.
As per the provisions of the Act, every banking company, financial institution (which includes chit fund company, a co-operative bank, a housing finance institution and a non-banking financial company) and intermediary (which includes a stock-broker, sub-broker, share transfer agent, banker to an issue, trustee to a trust deed, registrar to an issue, merchant banker, underwriter, portfolio manager, investment adviser and any other intermediary associated with securities market and registered under section 12 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992) shall have to maintain a record of all the transactions; the nature and value of which has been prescribed in the Rules notified under the PMLA. As per Rule 3 of Prevention of Money Laundering Rules, 2005 such transactions include:
RBI has also stated that provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and Rules do not support account portability between banks as records pertaining to identity of a client has to be maintained by the bank establishing relationship with the customer for a period of 10 years from the date of cessation of the transactions between the client and the bank.
Sub: Master Circular on AML/CFT – Anti Money Laundering (AML) Standards/ Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) /Obligations of Securities Market Intermediaries under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and Rules framed there under. 1. The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) was brought into force with effect from 1st July 2005. Necessary […]
The Reserve Bank has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 lakh each on two cooperative lenders — Randheja Commercial Cooperative Bank and Gandevi People”s Cooperative Bank — for violation of banking norms.
Binod Kumar Versus State of Jharkhand & Others- In the impugned judgment, it is mentioned that the basic allegation is amassing of illicit wealth by various former Ministers, including a former Chief Minister of the State. The money alleged to have been so earned is of unprecedented amounts. However, there is no clear allegation so far about its laundering in the sense mentioned above, but there is an allegation of its investment in property, shares etc. not only in India but also abroad.
The Enforcement Directorate will soon file a case of money laundering in connection with the Rs 400 crore fraud allegedly perpetrated by a Citibank employee. Official sources said the Directorate, which has studied the details of the police FIR in
So far there are no reliable estimates of black money both inside and outside the country. The interim recommendations of BJP Task Force 2009 have estimated the amount of black money to be between USD 500 billion to USD 1,400 billion. A current study
The Minister of Corporate Affairs has informed the Lok Sabha that during the period from 01/04/2007 to 31/7/2010, investigations into the affairs of 44 companies have been referred by the Ministry to Serious Fraud Investigation Office. Giving this information in written reply to a question Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Corporate Affairs,
At a time when it is accused of doing little to unearth lakhs of crores of rupees stashed abroad illegally, the Centre on Wednesday invoked secrecy provisions of double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) to block all information about its efforts to retrieve them.
