These guidelines are issued under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and Rule 7 of Prevention of Money-Laundering (Maintenance of Records of the Nature and Value of Transactions, the Procedure and Manner of Maintaining and Time for Furnishing Information and Verification and Maintenance of Records of the Identity of the Clients of the Banking Companies, Financial Institutions and Intermediaries) Rules, 2005. Any contravention thereof or non-compliance shall attract penalties under Banking Regulation Act.
Complaints about incomplete details about the remitter (or beneficiary) and / or the source of credit (or debit) in the pass books / pass sheets / account statements, as also lack of uniformity across banks in providing even such minimal information are rising. A very generic mention as ‘NEFT’ or ‘NECS’ does not help customers in identifying the source of credits, particularly where multiple credits are afforded to their accounts through these products. The Procedural Guidelines on NEFT / NECS / ECS and various circulars issued from time to time clearly highlight the minimum information that should be provided to customers.
In this regard, it is clarified that the mandate shall apply to all transactions using cards issued in India, for payments on merchant site where no outflow of foreign exchange is contemplated. The linkage to an overseas website/payment gateway cannot be the basis for permitting relaxations from implementing the mandate.
It is accordingly advised that amount raised by issue of infrastructure bonds by Infrastructure Finance Companies, as specified in the notification issued from time to time by the Central Government under Section 80CCF of the Income Tax Act, 1961, shall not be treated as ‘public deposit’ within the meaning of paragraph 2(1) (xii) of the Non-Banking Financial Companies Acceptance of Public Deposits (Reserve Bank) Directions, 1998.
Notification No. 33/2010 -Central Excise, New Delhi, the 19th October, 2010 G.S.R. 845 (E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sub-section (3) of section 111 of Finance(No.2) Act,1998 ( 21 of 1998), sub-section (3) of section 133 […]
Notification No. VI(A) – AD(AT)/2010-Income Tax In supersession of Order No. VI(A)-Ad(A)/2016, dated the 20th September, 2006 and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (5) of section 252 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (No. 43 of 1961) as amended by the Finance Act, 1984 (No. 21 of 1984), the President, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, hereby delegates to the Senior Vice-President/Vice Presidents of the various Zones
Notification No. 80/2010-Income Tax In exercise of powers conferred by clause (xii) of sub-section (2) of section 80C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby specifies the Tata AIG Easy Retire Annuity Plan of the Tata AIG Life Insurance Company Limited, as approved by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority vide its letter dated 23rd November, 2007, as the annuity plan of the ICICI
G.S.R. (E). -In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and rules 18 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, and on the basis of findings of the designated authority vide notification No. 14/03/2005-DGAD, dated 20th August,2010 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section I, dated 23rd August,2010, the Central Government, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.
The collecting banks should, however, be aware that in the event of a claim by the true owner of the cheque, the rights of the true owner of the cheque are not in any manner affected by this circular and banks will have to establish that they acted in good faith and without negligence while collecting the cheque in question.
Please refer to our circular RPCD.CO.RRB.BC.No.19/03.05.33/2009-10 dated September 11, 2010 on the captioned subject, in which it has been stated that the practice of collection of cheques crossed ‘account payee’ through third party accounts (of co-operative credit societies) is not permissible. However, to facilitate collection of cheques from a payment system angle, it has been clarified therein that sub-members of the clearing houses may collect the cheques of their customers for the credit to their accounts through the sponsor member, under certain circumstances referred to therein.
