TMI BlogRefunds to claimants from Fund.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ation in Form No. IEPF-5 under sub rule 1, shall send original physical share certificate, original bond, deposit certificate, debenture certificate, as the case may be, along with Indemnity Bond, 14 [ **** ] , any other document as enumerated in Form No. IEPF-5, duly signed by him, to the Nodal Officer of the concerned company at its registered office for verification of the claim. ] 6 [ (2A) Every company which is required to credit amounts or shares to the fund or has deposited the amount or transferred the shares to the Fund shall nominate a Nodal Officer, who shall either be a Director or Chief financial Officer or Company Secretary of the company, for the purposes of verification of claims and coordination with Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority: Provided that a company may appoint one or more Officer as Deputy Nodal Officer to assist the Nodal Officer for the purposes of verification of claim and for coordination with Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority: Provided further that the Nodal Officer shall be solely liable for all actions of any officer appointed as Deputy Nodal Officer: Provided also that in case a company fails to appoi ..... 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Explanation. -In case (i) loss of original physical share certificate or original bond or deposit or debenture certificate or proof of entitlement, the company and the claimant shall follow the procedure as laid down in the Companies (Share Capital and Debenture) Rules, 2014 , the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, guidelines, procedures and circulars issued from time to time and Schedule III of these rules and attach certified copies of all documents as may be required under the said rules or guidelines with the e-verification report; (ii) In addition, the company shall attach a scanned copy of both sides of share certificate generated under clause (d) of sub-rule (3) of rule 6 of these rules along with the e-verification report;(iii) The Company shall be solely responsible for collecting original physical share certificate or original bond or deposit or debenture certificate or proof of entitlement from the claimant and shall be liable for any misuse thereof. ] (4) After verification of the entitlement of the claimant- (a) to the amount claimed, the A ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r successor or administrator or nominee of the registered share holder, the claimant shall ensure to submission of self-attested scanned copy of all documents detailed in Schedule II of these rules online along with the Form No. IEPF-5: Provided that in case of loss of securities held in physical form, he has to ensure to submission of self-attested scanned copy of additional documents detailed in Schedule III of these rules online along with the Form No. IEPF-5: Provided further that the claimant shall submit in original all these documents duly signed by him, to the Nodal Officer of the concerned company at its registered office for verification of the claim. ] (9) In case, claimant is a legal heir or successor or administrator or nominee of any other registered security or in cases where request of transfer or transmission of shares is received after the transfer of shares by company to the Authority, the company shall verify all requisite documents required for registering transfer or transmission and shall issue letter to the claimant indicating his entitlement to the said security and furnish a copy of the same to the Authority while verifying the claim of such clai ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... registered Office for verification of his claim. (3) The company shall. within fifteen days of receipt of claim form, send a verification report to the Authority in the format specified by the Authority along with all documents submitted by the claimant. (4) After verification of the entitlement of the claimant- (a) to the amount claimed, the Authority and then Drawing and Disbursement Officer of the Authority shall present a bill to the Pay and Accounts Office for e- payment as per the guidelines. (b) to the shares claimed. the Authority shall issue a refund sanction order with the approval of the Competent Authority and shall either credit the shares which are lying with depository participant in IEPF suspense account (name of the company) to the demat account of the claimant to the extent Of the claimant's entitlement or in case of the physical certificates, if any, cancel the duplicate certificate and transfer the shares in favour of the claimant. (5) The Authority shall, in its records, a note to be made of all the payments made under sub-rule (4). (6) An application received for refund of any claim under this rule duly verified ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e Nodal Officer duly indicating his or her designation, postal address, telephone and mobile number and company authorized e-mail ID to the IEPF Authority, within fifteen days from the date of publication of these rules and the company shall display the name of Nodal Officer and his e-mail ID on its website.] 7. Inserted vide NOTIFICATION No. [F. No. 05/02/2019-IEPF] dated 14-08-2019 w.e.f. 20-08-2019 8. Substituted vide NOTIFICATION No. [F. No. 05/02/2019-IEPF] dated 14-08-2019 w.e.f. 20-09-2019 before it was read as (3) The company shall, within fifteen days from the date of receipt of claim, send a verification report to the Authority in the format specified by the Authority along with all the documents submitted by the claimant. 3 [Provided that in case of non receipt of documents by the Authority after the expiry of ninety days from the date of filing of Form IEPF-5, the Authority may reject Form IEPF5, after giving an opportunity to the claimant to furnish response within a period of thirty days.] 9. Substituted vide NOTIFICATION No. [F. No. 05/02/2019-IEPF] dated 14-08-2019 w.e.f. 20-09-2019 before it was read as (7) In cases, where the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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