SEBI, vide master circular dated June 6, 2024, has
issued the guidelines on Anti-Money Laundering
(“AML”) Standards and Combating the
Financing of Terrorism
(“CFT”)/Obligations of Securities
Market Intermediaries under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act,
2002 (“PMLA”) (“PMLA
Guidelines”). The PMLA Guidelines stipulate the
essential principles for combating Money Laundering
(“ML”) and Terrorist Financing
(“TF”) and provide detailed procedures
and obligations to be followed and complied with by all the
registered intermediaries. The PMLA Guidelines will also apply to
the branches of stock exchanges, registered intermediaries and
their subsidiaries situated abroad, especially, in countries which
do not apply, or insufficiently apply, the recommendations made by
the FATF. The PMLA Guidelines outline the following key points: