OFFICER ON SPECIAL DUTY
INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE DEPARTMENT
EMAIL – ramanns@sebi.gov.in
Tel : 022 26449450
Fax : 022 2644902
CIR/ISD/AML/3/2010 December 31, 2010
To all Intermediaries registered with SEBI under Section 12 of the
SEBI Act. (Through the stock exchanges for stock brokers and sub brokers,
depositories for depository participants, AMFI for Asset Management
Companies.)
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.
Dear Sir / Madam,
1. The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) was brought
st
into force with effect from 1 July 2005. Necessary Notifications / Rules
under the said Act were published in the Gazette of India on July 01, 2005.
As per the provisions of the PMLA, intermediary (includes a stock-
broker, sub-broker, share transfer agent, banker to an issue, trustee to a trust
deed, registrar to an issue, asset management company, depositary
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