2019-02-22 | Operating Instruction No. 35/01/005/0007/14The Central Bank of Sri Lanka issued Operating Instructions No. 35/01/005/0007/14 to all Licensed Commercial Banks, mandating a reserve requirement of five percent against total Sri Lankan Rupee denominated deposit liabilities. This directive, effective from 1 March 2019, replaces Schedule A of the previous operating instructions and aligns with notifications made by the Monetary Board under the Monetary Law Act. The document also provides the specific form for reporting daily average deposit liabilities and details the calculation methods for required reserves, including margins against letters of credit and currency holdings.
@ @Go) @to @cot* §exSeath u*Shu 6ur61i1 CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA 340‘.5 a®cnose zzoott Gln-010urr$E56tr Domestic Operations ects36n082sh5g) $16pagre6666rrth Department OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS No: 35/01/005/0007/14 22 February 2019 To : All Licensed Commercial Banks RESERVE REQUIREMENTS Your attention is invited to the notification made by the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka under Sections 10(c), 93, 94, 96 and 97 of the Monetary Law Act (Chapter 422 of Ceylon Legislative Enactments) as amended by Regulation "D" published in the Gazette Extraordinary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka No. 2111/50 of 22 February 2019 on the above subject. All Licensed Commercial Banks are hereby informed that in accordance with the said notification, they should maintain reserves against deposit liabilities denominated in Sri Lankan Rupees at an amount equal to five per centum (5.00%) of the total of such deposit liabilities. Schedule A of Operating Instructions No. 35/01/005/007/13 of 14 November 2018 is replaced by attached 'Schedule A'. The above amendment will take effect from 01 March 2019. All other instructions contained in our Operating Instructions No. 35/01/005/007/06 and 35/01/005/007/07 of 22 April, 2013 as amended from time to time will continue to apply. Director/Domestic Operations 7 Dm attic, 2 Czn zs2e541G 61-11.0 7, Gaminb 2 Level 7, Tower 2 nom 30, tim3Eitsii ®30m aw. 30, iyour‘lu$ UNI6)1$60 No. 30, Janadhipathi Mawata nt.e.a. 590, ezo3g@ 01, @ com3e .611.1 590, Otbrrutby 01, a61A161066 P.O. Box 590, Colombo 01, Sri Lanka ) +94 112 477036 A +94 112 346287 Mddod@cbs1.1k ewwvv.cbsl.gov.lk 1 Ilitart0 TT TT TITTIOTTITTI TTITT TIT IT IT ITT
SCHEDULE A FORM OF REPORT REPORT OF DAILY AVERAGE DEPOSIT LIABILITIES Name of the Bank : For the period from ( ) to ( Date Date To : Director, Domestic Operations Department, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo 01 The average amounts of deposit liabilities reported below are based on the deposit balances shown by the books of the Banks at the close of business of each day of the period specified above. (i) Demand Deposits (ix) Time and Savings Deposits (iii) Margins against Letters of Credit/DA Terms (iv) All other Deposit Liabilities' 1 In the case of Certificate of Deposits the amount declared should be the paid up value. 2
REQUIRED RESERVES For the period commencing Item In Sri Lankan Rupees