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3. Book-entry CGS are in registered form, and the particulars of purchase, transfer,
trust, lodgement, depository of reserves, pledge, and serving as public guarantee
shall be registered in accordance with these Directions. Unless duly registered,
protestation against a third party shall not be provided.
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4. Terms in these Directions are defined as follows:
(1)“Book-entry CGS” refers to central government bonds issued in registered form (hereinafter
referred to as “book-entry CGBs”) in accordance with Article 6 of the Central Government
Development Bonds and Loans Act, and treasury bills issued in registered form (hereinafter
referred to as “book-entry treasury bills”) in accordance with Article 5 of the Treasury
Bills and Short-term Loans Act.
(2)“Exchangeable bonds” refer to book-entry bonds which may be exchanged for stocks held by
the central government (hereinafter referred to as “government-held stocks”), the
government repays with government-held stocks or the principal to the bonds holders based
on the terms of the agreement.
(3)“Strippable bonds” refer to interest-bearing government bonds made up of interest and
principal payments that can be separately traded as announced by the Ministry of Finance.
(4)“Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities (STRIPS) ” refers
to “coupon STRIPS” and “principal STRIPS”, that are zero coupon bonds derived from
strippable bonds and traded separately with no interest payment but repaid at par value
at maturity.
(5)“Clearing banks” refer to banks and Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd. appointed by the Bank to
handle registrations, transfers, associated fund settlements, as well as payment of
maturing principal and interest of book-entry CGS.
(6)“Registration institutions” refer to Department of the Treasury and Department of Banking
of the Bank (hereinafter referred to as “Department of the Treasury” and “Department of
Banking”), and clearing banks that perform registration of book-entry CGS.
(7)“Own account” refers to the securities account owned by the Bank or a clearing bank in
its own book.
(8)“Customer account” refers to the securities account owned by a corresponding customer
at the Bank or a clearing bank.
(9)“Transfer registrations” refer to the registrations of inward or outward title transfers
of book-entry CGS carried out due to purchase, trading, succession, gift, trust, or other
reasons.
(10) "Lodgement registrations" refer to the registrations of inward or outward possession
transfers of book-entry CGS when the underlying securities serve as the lodgement objects
deposited with the Court.
(11) "Return registrations" refer to the registrations of inward or outward possession
transfers of book-entry CGS when the underlying securities serving as the lodgement object
deposited with the Court are returned to the original depositor or delivered to a third
party.
(12)“Restricted transfer registrations” refer to the registrations of restricted inward or
outward transfers without changes in book-entry CGS ownership, such as pledge
registrations, public guarantee registrations (where duly deposited in the Bank, the
Treasury, or a bank to serve as a guarantee), or reserves deposit registrations (where
duly deposited in the Bank to serve as trust fund reserves or indemnity reserves).
(13)“Revocations with ownership transfers” refer to a third party applying to a clearing
bank for revocations of original registrations and for registrations of inward or outward
transfers of securities ownership when the securities serve as public guarantees or
depository reserves and should be transferred to the third party under a court order of
compulsory enforcement.
(14)“Cancellations with ownership transfers” refer to a buyer of securities applying to a
clearing bank for cancellations of original certificates and for inward or outward
transfers of securities ownership when the securities are the underlyings of an issued
repurchase transaction (repo) certificate and the repo seller has not carried out
cancellations of the original certificate with the clearing bank prior to the prescribed
time on the maturity date of transactions such that the securities may be transferred
to the repo buyer.
(15)“Intrabank transaction registrations” refer to various registrations performed between
two trading parties whose securities accounts are maintained at the same registration
institution.
(16)“Interbank transaction registrations” refer to various registrations performed between
two trading parties whose securities accounts are maintained at different registration
institutions.
(17)“Par value” refers to the registered value of book-entry CGS. The minimum registration
unit is NT$100,000 and other units used must be multiples of NT$100,000.
(18)“Transferable balance” refers to the balance of a clearing bank securities account at
Department of the Treasury after subtracting the balance of interbank restricted outward
transfer registrations.
(19)“Disposable balance” refers to the balance in a clearing bank’s own securities account
or its customer’s securities account after subtracting the balance of restricted outward
transfer registrations, repo certificates issued by the clearing bank, and other intrabank
deductible balances.
(20)“Transactions accompanied by payment” refer to book-entry CGS transactions accompanied
by payment made for awarded securities, buybacks, delivery-versus-payment transfers,
payment of principal and interest, as well as the collection of interbank transfer fees
and disbursement of payment processing fees by the Bank.
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In order to perform various securities registrations, a natural person or a
juristic person shall open a securities account and a demand deposit account at a
clearing bank;A clearing bank shall open a securities account at Department of the
Treasury.
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When applying to open a securities account or a cash account, amend basic
information of an account, or close an account, the applicant shall fill out an
Application for Opening/ Amending / Closing CGS Account Form (Form 1); When
applying to open an account, a Seal Impression Card (Form 2) shall also be filled
out.
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For the purpose of performing trust registration of the Securities, a trustee shall
open an extra securities trust account and an extra deposit trust account with the
clearing bank.
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34. The transferor bank, when sending instructions such as interbank transaction
transfer, exchange for government-held stocks and bond stripping or bond
reconstitution, shall proceed in accordance with the following instructions:
(1) Transfer registration: The messages shall be classified into delivery-
versus-payment and free-of-payment, and shall include the transaction
serial number, the transferor bank, the securities account number of the
transferor, the account name of the transferor, personal ID number (profit-
seeking enterprise uniform number) of the transferor, the transferee bank,
the securities account number of the transferee, the account name of the
transferee, personal ID number (profit-seeking enterprise uniform number)
of the transferee, the securities code, and the amount of securities;
delivery-versus-payment transfers shall include additional information on
cash account number of the transferor, cash account number of the
transferee, and the amount of funds. Transfer registrations arising from a
trust, shall also include relevant information on the establishment or
termination of the trust.
(2) Restricted transfer registration: In addition to the provisions on free-of-
payment transfer messages prescribed in the preceding subparagraph apply
mutatis mutandis to restricted transfer registration, messages of whether
there is a pledge default agreement, interest beneficiary and the type of
restricted transfer registration shall be also included.
(3) Lodgment registration and return registration: The provisions on free-of-
payment messages prescribed in subparagraph 1 hereof shall apply mutatis
mutandis to information to be included in the message.
(4) Exchange of government-held stocks: The messages shall include transaction
serial number, the transferor bank, the securities account number of the
transferor, the account name of the transferor, personal ID number (profit-
seeking enterprise uniform number) of the transferor, centralized
depository account number of the transferor, the securities code, the
amount of the securities, the exchange price, the securities code of the
underlying stocks, the number of stocks exchanged, and the amount payable
for odd stocks.
(5) Bond stripping or bond reconstitution: The messages shall include
transaction code, transferor bank, securities account number of the
transferor, profit seeking enterprise uniform number of the transferor,
centralized depository account number of the transferor, the security code,
the amount of the securities, and attached coupon series;Bond stripping
shall also include other relevant information such as the interest income
accrued before stripping and the amount of tax withheld.
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45. Each day at the close of operations, a clearing bank shall print a “Trading of
CGS” (Form 24), a “Trust of CGS”(Form 24-1), a “Balance of CGS” (Form 25), a
“Daily Statement for the Exchange of Exchangeable Bonds” (Form 26), a “Daily
Statement for Redemption at Holders’ (issuer’s) Option of Exchangeable Bonds”
(Form 27), and a “Holding Analysis of Exchangeable Bonds” (Form 28), and a“
Daily Statement for Bond Stripping/Reconstitution” (Form 29) to be sent to the
Bank for its files; the Bank will compile and print an “Aggregate Statement of
Trading of CGS” (Form 30), an “Aggregate Statement ” for Trust of CGS”(Form 30-
1), an “Aggregate Statement for Balance of CGS”(Form 31), an “Aggregate
Statement for Exchange of Exchangeable Bonds” (Form 32), an Aggregate Statement
for the Redemption at Holder’s (Issuer’s) Option of Exchangeable Bonds” (Form
33), a “Aggregate Holding Analysis of Exchangeable Bonds ”(Form 34), and an
“Aggregate Daily Statement for Bond Stripping/ Reconstitution” (Form 35).
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