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The Securities Exchange Board of India recently rolled out the legal entity template through the powers conferred on it under Section 11 (1) of the SEBI Act of 1992[1]. The rolling out of the Legal Entity Template was notified through SEBI Circular. According to this circular, the market regulator, SEBI, has asked the registered intermediaries to upload KYC data concerning the accounts of Legal Entities that are opened on or after April 1, to the Central KYC Registry.
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The following intermediaries are eligible for this circular:
It is worth mentioning here that the provision of this SEBI circular shall not apply to Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI).
The central KYC (Know Your Customer) registry was fully operational for individual clients, but now it has been decided to extend it to the legal entities also.
Consequently, the registered intermediaries are required to upload the KYC records and data of the accounts of legal entities that were opened on or after 1st April 2021. Also, it may be noted that it would be done as per the provisions of Rule 9 (1A) of the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005. Therefore SEBI rolled out this circular.
The key directions for the Registered Intermediaries are as follows:
In a nutshell, on powers provided under Section 11 (1) of the SEBI Act 1992, the market regulator- SEBI rolled out the Legal Entity Template and asked the registered intermediaries to upload the KYC data concerning accounts of Legal Entities that are opened after 1st April 2021 to the Central KYC Registry. However, it may be noted that the provisions of this SEBI circular shall not apply to Foreign Portfolio Investors.
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