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CBB Rulebook: Contents

  • Common Volume
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 1—Conventional Banks
    • Part A
      • Introduction
      • High Level Standards
        • LR Licensing Requirements
          • LR-A Introduction
          • LR-B Scope of Application
          • LR-1 Requirement to Hold a License
            • LR-1.1 Conventional Bank Licensees
            • LR-1.2 License Sub-Categories
            • LR-1.3 Definition of Regulated Banking Services
            • LR-1.4 Shari'a Compliant Transactions
              • General Requirements for all Conventional Banks
                • LR-1.4.1
                • LR-1.4.2
                • LR-1.4.3
                • LR-1.4.4
              • Additional requirements for conventional retail banks
              • Additional Requirements for the Financing of Land or Property in Bahrain by way of Shari'a Compliant Financing Contracts
          • LR-1A Approved Persons
          • LR-2 Licensing Conditions
          • LR-3 Information Requirements and Processes
          • LR-4 License Fees
        • PB Principles of Business
        • HC High-Level Controls
        • AU Auditors and Accounting Standards
        • GR General Requirements
      • Business Standards
      • Reporting Requirements
      • Enforcement & Redress
    • Part B
    • Quarterly Updates
    • Ad-hoc Communications
    • Archived Part A
    • Archived Part B
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 2—Islamic Banks
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 3—Insurance
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 4—Investment Business
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 5—Specialised Licensees
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 6—Capital Markets
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 7—Collective Investment Undertakings
  • Bahrain Bourse (BHB) Material
  • Central Bank of Bahrain and Financial Institutions Law 2006
  • Bahrain Anti Money Laundering Law 2001
  • Regulation Governing Collective Investment Schemes June 2003
  • Bahrain Stock Exchange Law 1987
  • Bahrain Financial Trust Law 2006
  • Bahrain Insurance Law 1987
  • Bahrain Monetary Agency Law 1973
  • Commercial Companies Law 2001
  • CBB Disclosure Standards
  • CBB Debt Securities Guidelines
  • Ministerial Order — Money Laundering
  • CBB Resolution on Dissemination of Listed Companies' Financial Statements and Board of Directors' Meetings
  • CBB Regulations and Resolutions
  • The Corporate Governance Code of the Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Archive
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  1. Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 1—Conventional Banks
  2. Part A
  3. High Level Standards
  4. LR Licensing Requirements
  5. LR-1 Requirement to Hold a License
  6. LR-1.4 Shari'a Compliant Transactions
  7. General Requirements for all Conventional Banks
  8. LR-1.4.4
  Versions

 
  • Apr 01 2008 - Dec 31 2015
  • Jan 01 2016
‹ LR-1.4.3 Additional requirements for conventional retail banks ›

LR-1.4.4

Past version: Effective from 01 Apr 2008 to 31 Dec 2015
To view other versions open the versions tab on the right

Conventional bank licensees may freely invest in Shari'a compliant financial instruments for their own account (such as Sukuk or collective investment schemes).

October 2007
‹ LR-1.4.3 Additional requirements for conventional retail banks ›

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