How can I freeze the stocks in my demat account?

You can freeze the securities in your demat account to ensure that you cannot sell them for a given period of time or until you instruct us to unfreeze the securities. Fill up, physically and sign the freeze/unfreeze request form. You need to send the physically signed form to our office.

Instructions to fill freeze/ unfreeze request form

1. Fill up the required boxes

2. Fill in the date of sending the instruction

3. Select Freeze/ Unfreeze

4. Enter Demat Client ID which you can find in DP profile section

5. Select level of freeze/ unfreeze i.e. Account level or ISIN level or Quantity level

6. In case of ISIN level freeze/unfreeze request, you need to provide securities details i.e. ISIN and Security description and type of freeze i.e. Debit only or Debit and Credit.

7. In case of Quantity level freeze/unfreeze request, you need to provide securities details i.e. ISIN, Security description and Quantity.

Note:

• Frozen for debit means the holdings cannot be sold and frozen for credit means more units of the security cannot be bought. If you only want to place a restriction on selling the holdings, select debit.

• It takes 48-72 working hours to process the freeze/unfreeze request.

• All securities in your demat account (like stocks, mutual funds, G-secs, etc.) can be frozen.