Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act 2011 · As enacted
14. Amendment of section 20 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 20 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—
by the addition, immediately after subsection (2)
of that section, of the following new subsections:—
“(3) No person shall—
falsify, conceal, destroy or otherwise dispose of, or cause or permit the falsification, concealment, destruction or disposal of, any document or material or thing which is or is likely to be relevant to the execution of any
Order made in accordance with the provisions of this Act; or
divulge, the fact that an investigation into an offence of money laundering or an offence under the law of any foreign
State corresponding to the offence of money laundering, is being, or is about to be made, or divulge to another person any other information which is likely to prejudice such investigation.
“Appointment of a Receiver upon
Forfeiture.
Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction after trial before the High Court be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and imprisonment.”;
by the repeal of the marginal note to that section and the substitution therefor of the following new marginal note:—
“Offences”.