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 Remittance Facilities in Pakistan

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  1. State Bank Central Accounts Section will debit the amount immediately to the Provincial Government Account by credit of the total shown in the "Amount" column to Remittance Clearance Account. The total " Exchange" released will be credited direct to Exchange Account. The individual payments will be marked off in the schedules as and when the relative vouchers are received for payment by debit to that account.
  2. Provincial Government will be responsible for any losses caused by the dishonesty or negligence of the officials at Treasury Agencies except in the case of losses in connection with remittances on

account of the Federal Government which will be borne by that Government.

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APPENDIX VIII

Accounting procedure to be followed in respect of drawings
on and by offices and branches of the State Bank.

1. Drawings under Paragraph 2A.

Telegraphic Transfers, Drafts and Mail Transfers for the public, Scheduled Bank, Indigenous Bankers etc, and Government Drafts.

A. All drawings by one office of the State Bank of Pakistan in another will be credited by the drawing office to the office drawn upon and debited by the paying office to the drawing office through the State Bank of Pakistan General Account.

2. Drawings under Paragraphs 2B and 2C.

Telegraphic Transfers, Drafts and Mail Transfers for the public, Scheduled Banks, Indigenous Bankers etc, Government Drafts and Dividend Warrant Payment Orders.

The drawing office will advise the branch of the National Bank or the Treasury Agency in the usual manner, and will credit the total amount of its daily drawings to the Central Accounts Section, Karachi, through State Bank of Pakistan General Account, under advice on a Schedule in the Form laid down in paragraph 1D of Appendix VI. The Central Accounts Section will respond by credit to Remittance Clearance Account.

3. Drawings under Paragraph 5A.

Telegraphic Transfers and Drafts for the public, Scheduled Banks, Indigenous Bankers etc., and Government Drafts.

On presentation of the instrument, payment will be made to the debit of the Central Accounts Section, Karachi, through State Bank of Pakistan General Account. At the close of the day all drawings will be listed on a Schedule and forwarded to the Central Accounts Section,


together with an advice of the total debit passed in respect thereof. The Central Accounts Section will respond immediately by debit to Remittance Clearance Accounts, and will subsequently mark off the individual payments in the schedules received from the drawing offices through the local Accountants General.

4. To facilitate the preparation of the schedules referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 above, offices will maintain Remittances Issued and Remittances Paid registers. Only the daily totals of these registers, which will agree with the totals of the relative schedules, will be passed through State Bank of Pakistan General Account, and will be shown on schedules 6 &16 respectively as described below in the Daily Statement of General Account submitted to Central Directorate.

 

5. Schedules Nos. 3,4 and 5 relating to credits to the State Bank of Pakistan General Account in respect of Bank Drafts and Mail Transfers issued on other offices, Government Drafts issued on other offices,

And

Telegraphic Transfers issued as also Schedules Nos. 13, 14 and 15 relating to debits in respect of Bank Drafts and Mail Transfers issued by other offices, Government Drafts issued by other offices,

And

6. Telegraphic Transfers payable received will continue to book credits and debits in respect of inter-branch drawings by offices.

Credits for Drafts, Mail Transfers and Telegraphic Transfers issued by all offices of the Bank on National Bank offices and Treasury Agencies will be credited to the Central Directorate by a separate Schedule No.6 under the head "State Bank of Pakistan Remittances Sold" All credits in respect of drawings of Drafts, Mail Transfers and Telegraphic Transfers on the branches of the National Bank and Treasury Agencies will be entered under this head in the daily statement. The relative schedule of drawings by branches sent to the Central Accounts Section will show details of drawings but the Schedule No. 6 sent to Central Directorate with the daily statement will show only one total amount for all

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