Prevention of Money Laundering Act (Cap. 373)

Prevention of Money Laundering Act (Cap. 373), article 6

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6. Any person who acts in contravention of a court order mentioned in article 5 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine ( multa ) not exceeding eleven thousand and six hundred and forty-six euro and eighty-seven ce nts (11,646.87) or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelv e months, or to both such fine and imprisonment, and any act so made in contravention of such co urt order shall be null and wit hout effect at law and the court may, where such person is the garni shee, PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING [CAP. 373. 13 order the said person to deposit in a bank to the credit of the person charged the amount of moneys or the value of other movable property paid or deliv ered in contravention of that court order . Confiscation and rights of third parties. Cap. 621. Amended by: XXXI. 2007.47; XXXVIII. 2014.99; V .2021.68. Substituted by: VI.2024.15.

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