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Part I · Duties of Institutions

7. Duty to disclose information relating to property of terrorist groups or property used for commission of offence under this Act

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

(1)

Where an Institution—

(a)

has reasonable grounds to suspect that any transaction or attempted transaction may be related to the commission of any unlawful activity or any other criminal offence ; or

(b)

has information that it suspects may be relevant—

(i)

to an act preparatory to an offence under the provisions of the Convention on the

Suppression of Financing of Terrorism Act,

No. 25 of 2005 ;

(ii)

to an investigation or prosecution of a person or persons for an act constituting an unlawful activity, or may otherwise be of assistance in the enforcement of the Money Laundering

Act, No. 5 of 2006 and the Convention on the

Suppression of Terrorist Financing Act, No.

25 of 2005, the Institution shall, as soon as practicable, after forming that suspicion or receiving the information, but no later than two working days therefrom, report the transaction or attempted transaction or the information to the Financial Intelligence

Unit.

(2)

A report under subsection (1) shall—

(a)

be in writing and may be given by way of mail, telephone to be followed up in writing within twenty-four hours, fax or electronic mail or such other manner as may be determined by the Financial

Intelligence Unit ;

Financial Transactions Reporting

(b)

be in such form and contain such details as may be prescribed by the Financial Intelligence Unit ;

(c)

contain a statement of the grounds on which the

Institution holds the suspicion ;

(d)

be signed or otherwise authenticated by the

Institution.

(3)

A person who has made a report or has given any information to the Financial Intelligence Unit shall provide to the Financial Intelligence Unit any further information that it has about the transaction or attempted transaction or the parties to the transaction if requested to do so 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