Prevention of Money Laundering Act (Cap. 373)
Prevention of Money Laundering Act (Cap. 373), article 30
30. (1) When the Unit receives a report as is referred to in
article 16(1)( a) or when from information in its possession the Unit
suspects that any subject person may have been used for any
transaction suspected to involve money laundering, funding of
terrorism or property that may have derived directly or indirec tly
from, or constitutes the proceeds of , criminal ac tivity, the Un it may
demand from the subject person making the report or from the
subject person which is suspected of having been used for any
transaction suspected to involve money laundering, funding of
terrorism or property that may have derived directly or indirec tly
from, or constitutes the proceed s of, criminal activity, as wel l as
from any other subject person, the police, any Government
Ministry, department, agency or other public authority, or any other
person, physical or legal, and from any supervisory authority, any
additional information that it deems useful for the purpose of
integrating and analysing the report or information in its
possession.
Cap. 377.
Cap. 9.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Professional
Secrecy Act and any obligation of secrecy or confidentiality under
any other law the subject person or any other person, physical or
legal, and any authority or entity from whom information is
demanded by the Unit in pursuance of the provisions of sub-arti cle
(1) shall communicate the inform ation requested to the Unit and for
the purposes of article 257 of the Criminal Code any such
disclosure shall be deemed to be a disclosure of information to a
public authority compelled by law:
Cap. 9.
Cap. 12.
Provided that nothing in this sub-article shall imply any
obligation on the Attorney General to communicate to the Unit a ny
information which in any way relates to or is connected with or
came into his possession as a res ult of the exercise by him of any
powers referred to in article 91(3) of the Constitution or any
obligation on any person to communicate to the Unit any
information which would in legal proceedings be protected from
disclosure by article 642(1) of the Criminal Code or by article
588(1) of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure .
(3) Any information which the Unit demands in pursuance of
sub-article (1) shall be provided in a timely manner and within such
time period as the Unit may direct , or as may be established by
regulations made under this Act.
36 CAP. 373.] PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING
Power of Unit to
demand
information under
article 16.
Added by:
XIII. 2004.126.
Amended by:
III. 2015.16.
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