Name Segment (PN)

The PN segment describes personal consumer information and:

is a required segment.
is variable in length and can be a maximum size of 294 btes.
occurs onl once per record.
Tag !" is reserved for future use.
Field
Tag
Field
Name
Field
Type
Char.
Type
Length
Type
Max
Length
Comments
PN #egment Tag Required $%N & !' (ust contain the value
N!.
!) *onsumer
Name &ield)
Required P + 2" *onsumer name is
Required. ,se as man
*onsumer Name &ields
as necessar to provide
the complete consumer
name.
-o not split consumer
name .ords bet.een t.o
fields. &or example/ do
not put 0P$T1 in Name
&ield) and do not put 0231
in Name &ield2 to
complete the .ord
P$T23.
4hen a consumer name
.ord .ill not fit in its
entiret in one consumer
name field/ put that .ord
in the next available
consumer name field.
-o not truncate the
names.
!2 *onsumer
Name &ield2
4hen
$vailable
P + 2"
!' *onsumer
Name &ield'
4hen
$vailable
P + 2"
!4 *onsumer
Name &ield4
4hen
$vailable
P + 2"
"riginal #alue ($$)
%&nanthanarayana Sooryanarayana #en'ites(aran)
*nput #alue + Field ! (,-)
%!!.ananthanarayana)
*nput #alue + Field , (,-)
%,!$Sooryanarayana)
*nput #alue + Field / (,-)
%/!/#en'ites(aran)
Rule 0
1ords should not 2e
split or trun3ated
!5 *onsumer
Name &ield5
4hen
$vailable
P + 2"
!6 -ate 7f 8irth 4hen
$vailable
N & !9 :f present/ must contain a
valid calendar date in
--((;;;; format.
The date in this field must
be more recent than
!)!))9!!.
!9 <ender 4hen
$vailable
N & !) +alid values are:
! = &emale
, = (ale
!9 :ncome Tax
:- Number
4hen
$vailable
P + 2! P$N as defined b the
:ncome Tax department.
e.g. $$8P#969)>
)! Passport
Number
4hen
$vailable
P + 2! $s defined b the :ndia
#ecurit Press.
e.g. $?9'99!"6
)) +oter :-
Number
4hen
$vailable
P + 2! 2lector1s Photo :dentit
*ard @2P:*A number as
issued b the 2lection
*ommission.
e.g. (T%!9%!'9%!!"!625
@old formatA
$$$%999999%! @ne.
formatA
)2 Telephone 4hen
$vailable
P + 2! :f present/ must be a
minimum of 5 digits.
:f more than one
telephone number is
entered/ it must be
separated b delimiters
such as bacB.ard slash
@CA/ for.ard slash @%A /
comma @/A or b and @DA
sign.
)' $dditional :- 4hen
$vailable
P + 2! &or &uture ,se
Sum o4 all maximum 2yte lengths5 ,$,
Sum o4 all ,62yte tags and ,62yte lengths5
.,
"riginal #alue
,.Mar3h!787
or
,.6/687
*nput #alue (0)
80,./!787
Rule .
&ll dates must 2e in
99MM:::: 4ormat
Maximum 2yte si;e o4 segment5
,7$
PN/N!!!8S*99&RT< M&L<"TR&80!/.!7-80!,7!&&=PS087!R
!7&67/00-8