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Part I · Duties of Institutions

5. Institutions to conduct ongoing due diligence and scrutiny of customers

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

An Institution shall—

(a)

conduct ongoing due diligence on the business relationship with its customer ;

(b)

conduct ongoing scrutiny of any transaction undertaken throughout the course of the business relationship with a customer to ensure that any transaction that is being conducted is consistent with the Institution’s knowledge of the customer, the customer’s business and risk profile, including, where necessary, the source of funds, in order to ensure that its obligations under section 2 are satisfied and that the transactions conducted are consistent with the information that the Institution has of its customer and the profile of the customer’s business.

Part II

Provisions Applicable to Institutions and Other Persons

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