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Part II · Provisions Applicable to Institutions and Other Persons

14. Appointment of Compliance Officer

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.

(1)

Every Institution shall be required to—

(a)

appoint a Compliance Officer who shall be responsible for ensuring the Institution’s compliance with the requirements of this Act ;

(b)

establish and maintain procedures and systems to—

(i)

implement the customer identification requirements under section 2 ;

(ii)

implement procedures for the record keeping and retention requirements under section 4 ;

(iii)

implement the process of monitoring required under section 5 ;

(iv)

implement the reporting requirements under sections 6, 7, 8 and section 22 in relation to auditors ;

(v)

make its officers and employees aware of the laws relating to money laundering and financing of terrorism ; and

(vi)

screen all persons before hiring them as employees ;

(c)

establish an audit function to test its procedures and systems for the compliance with the provisions of this Act ;

(d)

train its officers, employees and agents to recognize suspicious transaction.

(2)

The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply to an individual who, in the course of carrying on his her business, does not employ or act in association with any other person.

Financial Transactions Reporting

(3)

An Institution shall ensure that its foreign branches and subsidiaries adopt and observe measures consistent with

Parts I, II and III of this Act to the extent that local laws and regulations permit and where the foreign branch or subsidiary is unable to adopt and observe such measures, to report the matter to the relvant supervisory authority or in the absence of a supervisory authority to the Financial Intelligence

Unit.

Part III

Powers and Functions of the Financial Intelligence Unit

Part IV

Functions of Supervisory Authority of an Institution and Auditors

Part V

Currency Reporting at the Border

Part VI

Offences and Liabilities

Part VII

Miscellaneous