36. Insertion of new section 30a in the principal enactment

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 30 of the principal enactment, and shall have effect as section 30a of that enactment: -

Power of the

Head of the

Financial

Intelligence

Unit to issue directions, etc.

Rules, etc.

deemed to have been issued by the Head of the Financial

Intelligence

Unit.

30a. (1) In any prosecution under this Act, a certified statement of a foreign bank shall be admissible in evidence of the matters stated therein, until the contrary is proved.

Where a person alleges that a certified statement referred to in subsection (1) is forged or is inaccurate or incomplete, the burden of proof of such fact lies with such person.

For the purpose of this section, “certified statement” means a statement containing any entry in the bank records together with a certificate written at the foot of such statement that it is a true statement of such entry and that such entry was made in the usual and ordinary cause of business and that a record of such entry is still in the custody of the bank and certified by an officer authorized by such bank.”.