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Highlights of SEBI Circular dated April 06, 2022
Guidelines in
pursuance of amendment to SEBI KYC (KRA) Regulations
SEBI has amended KRA Regulations,
2011 on January 28,2022 vide a Gazette Notification No.
SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/72 (Annexure A). With a view to implement the
regulations effectively, the following additional guidelines are being issued:
- KRAs
shall continue to act as repository of KYC data in the securities market
and shall be responsible for storing, safeguarding and retrieving the
KYC documents and submit to the Board or any other statutory authority
as and when required.
- KRAs
shall independently validate records of those clients (existing as well
as new) whose KYC has been completed using Aadhaar as an OVD. The
records of those clients who have completed KYC using non-Aadhaar OVD
shall be validated only upon receiving the Aadhaar Number.
- During
the process of validation, KRAs shall validate the following details:
a)
Aadhaar through Unique Identification Authority
of India (UIDAI) authentication/verification mechanism.
b)
Mobile number and e-mail ID using OTP validation
(only in cases where mobile number and e-mail ID provided by client are not
seeded with Aadhaar)
c)
PAN using the Income Tax Database
- The
KRAs shall develop systems/mechanism, in consultation with SEBI and in co-ordination
with each other, and shall follow uniform internal guidelines detailing
aspects of identification of KYC attributes and procedures for KYC validation.
- The
systems of Registered Intermediaries (RIs) and the KRAs shall be integrated
to facilitate seamless movement of KYC documents to and from the RIs to
the KRAs.
- KRAs
shall promptly inform the respective RIs of deficiency/inadequacy in validation.
- On
successful completion of KYC validation, a unique client identifier called
KRA identifier shall be assigned by KRA to the client and such KRA
identifier may be used by the client for opening of account with any
other intermediary, without repeating the KYC process.
- The
KYC records of new clients (who have used Aadhaar as an OVD) shall be validated
within 2 days of receipt of KYC records by KRAs.
- KYC
records of all existing clients (who have used Aadhaar as an OVD) shall be
validated within a period of 180 days from July 01, 2022.
- KRA
shall intimate the KRA identifier to the client within 2 working days of
receipt of KYC records by the KRAs by post or email and maintain the
proof of dispatch.
- Clients
whose KYC records are not found to be valid by KRA after the validation process
shall be allowed to transact in securities market only after their KYC
is validated.
- In
case of KYC based on non-Aadhaar OVD, the KRA shall only store such records
and the same would not be validated by KRAs unless Aadhaar number is
provided by the client.
- The
validation of all KYC records (new and existing) shall commence from
July 01, 2022.
SEBI Circular no. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/DoP/P/CIR/2022/46
dated April 06, 2022 is enclosed herewith for your ready reference.
In case of any clarification or assistance
required in implementation of this circular you may contact
Vandana Vania – van...@secmark.in
/ 9223303460
Kaushik Jethwa – kau...@secmark.in
/ 9870210171
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