SEBI – USAGE OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT
MODES FOR MAKING CASH PAYMENTS TO INVESTORS
CIRCULAR No.: CIR/MRD/DP/10/2013
Date: 21st
March, 2013
Please
refer to SEBI circular no. DCC/FITTCIR-3//2001 dated October
15, 2001 and circular no D&CC/FITTC/CIR-04/2001 dated
November 13, 2001 on usage of ECS (Electronic Clearing Services) facility and warrants for distribution of
dividends or other cash benefits
to the investors.
Advancements
in the field of electronic payment systems in the last decade have made available
various other modes of electronic funds transfer viz. National Electronic Funds
Transfer (NEFT), Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), etc. In view of such
advancements, it has been decided to modify the framework as under:
i. For making cash payments to the investors, companies
whose securities are listed on the stock exchanges shall
use, either directly or through their RTI & STA, any RBI (Reserve Bank of
India) approved electronic mode of payment such as ECS [ LECS (Local ECS) /
RECS (Regional ECS) / NECS (National ECS) ],National Electronic Fund Transfer)
NEFT, etc.
ii. Further, in order to enable
usage of electronic payment instruments, companies whose securities are listed
on the stock exchanges (or their RTI & STA) shall maintain
requisite bank details of their investors –
a.
For investors that hold securities in
demat mode, companies or their RTI & STA shall seek relevant bank details
from the depositories. To this end, vide circular
SEBI/MRD/DEP/Cir-3/06 dated February 21, 2006 and letter MRD/DEP/PP/123624/2008
dated April 23, 2008, depositories have been advised to ensure that correct
account particulars of investors are available in the database of depositories.
b. For investors that hold
physical share / debenture certificates, companies or their Registrar to Issue (RTI)
& STA shall take necessary steps to maintain updated bank details of the
investors at its end.
Depositories are directed to provide to companies (or to their RTI & STA) updated bank details of their investors.
Companies mandatorily required to print the bank accounts details furnished by the
Depositories, on the payment instruments (Warrant).
Regards
CA. Mona Singhal
Partner
Arpit Gupta & Associates
Chartered Accountants
701, Nirmal Tower,
26, Barakhamba Road,
Connaught Place, Delhi-110001
Mobile:- +91-9873082769
Website: www.caaga.co.in
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