s 16 Identification of account holder
(1) A reporting institution— (a) shall maintain accounts in the name of the account holder; and (b) shall not open, operate or maintain any anonymous account or any account which is in a fictitious, false or incorrect name. (2) A reporting institution shall— (a) verify, by reliable means, the identity, representative capacity, domicile, legal capacity, occupation or business purpose of any person, as well as other identifying information on that person, whether he be an occasional or usual client, through the use of documents such as identity card, passport, birth certificate, driver’s licence and constituent document, or any other official or private document, when establishing or conducting business relations, particularly when opening new accounts or passbooks, entering into any fiduciary transaction, renting of a safe deposit box, or performing any cash transaction exceeding such amount as the competent authority may specify; and (b) include such details in a record. (3) A reporting institution shall take reasonable measures to obtain and record information about the true identity of the person on whose behalf an account is opened or a transaction is conducted if there are any doubts that any person is not acting on his own behalf, particularly in the case of a person who is not conducting any commercial, financial, or industrial operations in the foreign State where it has its headquarters or domicile. (4) For purposes of this section, “person” shall include any person who is a nominee, agent, beneficiary or principal in relation to a transaction.