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Specific General Account Freezing Rules

No: 42019124 Date(g): 9/11/2020 | Date(h): 24/3/1442 Status: In-Force
130.In the account opening form and contractual relationships and services, DTFCs must document that the DTFCs has the right to freeze the account upon the expiration of the customer's ID or when the account holder's data and information, addresses, incomes sources and signatures etc. are not updated.
 
131.All DTFCs must notify their customers of the date of freezing their respective accounts at least one month prior to the date of freezing, and must have adequate programs and processes in place to ensure the same with respect separately to each customer or authorized person acting on his behalf and that such policy and processes are documented.
 
132.Juristic persons and organizations (official and private) are allowed to close their own accounts, or any frozen accounts they are authorized to operate, by reason of the expiration of the validity of their IDs or failure to update them, provided that a written request for this purpose is submitted by the customer and the implementation related to closeting accounts.
 
133.Transferring the account to unclaimed balances means transferring it to a special database without closing it. Each DTFCs can follow its own policies and procedures that fit to its own operational needs and fulfill this requirement.