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Part I · Duties of Institutions

6. Institution to report financial transactions

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

An Institution shall report to the Financial

Intelligence Unit—

(a)

any transaction of an amount in cash exceeding such sum as shall be prescribed by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette, or its equivalent in any foreign currency (unless the recipient and the sender is a bank licensed by the Central Bank) ; and

Financial Transactions Reporting

(b)

any electronic funds transfer at the request of a customer exceeding such sum as shall be prescribed by regulation, in such form, manner, and within such period as may be prescribed by rules issued by the Financial Intelligence Unit.

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