Which records need to be maintained as per PMLA?

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As per Rule 3 of the Rules Prevention of Money-Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules 2005, every reporting entity shall maintain a record of all transactions including, the record of :

  • all cash transactions of the value of more than ten lakh rupees or its equivalent in foreign currency

  • all series of cash transactions integrally connected to each other which have been individually valued below rupees ten lakh or its equivalent in foreign currency where such series of transactions have taken place within a month and the monthly aggregate exceeds an amount of ten lakh rupees or its equivalent in foreign currency

  • all transactions involving receipts by non-profit organizations of value more than rupees ten lakh, or its equivalent in foreign currency

  • all cash transactions where forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes have been used as genuine or where any forgery of a valuable security or a document has taken place facilitating the transactions

  • all suspicious transactions whether or not made in cash

  • all cross border wire transfers of the value of more than five lakh rupees or its equivalent in foreign currency where either the origin or destination of fund is in India

  • all purchase and sale by any person of immovable property valued at fifty lakh rupees or more that is registered by the reporting entity, as the case may be