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Part VII · General Provisions

61. Sharing information

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.

(1)

The Board shall provide information from or derived from examinations carried out under section 60

to appropriate regulatory authorities, law enforcement authorities, or supervisory authorities if the Board has reasonable grounds to suspect that the information is suspicious or relevant to an investigation for non-compliance with this Act, the Betting and Gaming Levy Act, No. 40

of 1988, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, No. 5

of 2006, the Convention on the Suppression of Terrorist

Financing Act, No. 25 of 2005, the Financial Transactions

Reporting Act, No. 6 of 2006 or the Inland Revenue Act

No. 24 of 2017 or the Foreign Exchange Act No. 12 of 2017

or regulations, rules, or orders or directions made or issued under those Acts or amounts to an offence constituting an unlawful activity.

(2)

For the purpose of sharing any information under subsection (1), the Board may enter into any agreement with the appropriate regulatory authorities, law enforcement authorities, or supervisory authorities.

(3)

The Board shall compile statistics, and may share information with the Ministry of Finance, Department of Inland Revenue and the Financial Intelligence Unit established under the provisions of the Financial Transactions

Reporting Act, No. 6 of 2006,

(4)

The provisions of subsection (1) of section 5 of the

Right to Information Act, No. 12 of 2016 shall apply to any information provided or shared as provided for in this section.