• CP-2.2 CP-2.2 Coverage of the Scheme

    • CP-2.2.1

      Each Eligible account holder shall be entitled under the Regulation to claim an amount equivalent to the amount deposited and/or invested by him in an Eligible Account save that no Eligible account holder shall be entitled to receive more than BD20,000 (Twenty Thousand Bahraini Dinars) from the total amount of his Eligible Account held with the defaulting bank regardless of the number and currency of Deposits and unrestricted investment accounts. Other currencies shall be converted into Bahraini Dinars at the exchange rate on the date on which the CBB determines that the Islamic retail bank licensee is a defaulting bank.

      October 2012

    • CP-2.2.2

      In calculating the amount payable to an Eligible account holder, the Board shall have the right to set-off the debts of the Eligible account holder with the defaulting bank and deduct any expenses incurred by the Board in paying out such amounts.

      October 2012

    • CP-2.2.3

      A joint Eligible Account should be treated as a single Eligible Account.

      October 2012

    • CP-2.2.4

      If the Board is satisfied that a person is a trustee of an Eligible Account with a defaulting bank, and that the beneficial owner of any such Account has no other Eligible Account with the defaulting bank, the Board shall deem such beneficial owner as a separate Eligible account holder. However, in the event that a beneficial owner of any of such Eligible Account held in the name of the trustee is the same owner of other Eligible Account at the defaulting bank, such accounts, including the account(s) registered in the name of trustee, shall be treated as a single Eligible Account.

      October 2012

    • CP-2.2.5

      No transfer of any part of an Eligible Account shall be considered valid if, in the opinion of the Board, the purpose of such transfer is to enable any person, including an Eligible account holder, to gain an advantage that is not permitted or intended by this Module.

      October 2012