2018
!\(ONEY LAUNDE1(!N'G AND PROCEEDS OF CRIME Al\!E'/Dl\lEl'<T
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No.12
New Chapter inserted in Cap. 9:24
The principal Act is amended by the insertion after Chapter I of the following
Chapter"CHAPTER IA
FINANCL\.L INTELLIGENCE Ul\1T
6A
Establishment, composition and location of Financial
Intelligence Unit
(1) The Financial Intelligence Unit, previously established as the
Bank Use Promotion and Suppression of !\1loney Laundering Unit tmder
the Bank Use Promotion Act [Ciwprer 24:24!, continues in operation
subject to this Act under the name "Financial Intelligence Unit".
(2) The Unit shall be deemed to be a unit in the administrative
establishment of the Reserve Bank having the following special features,
namely that(a)
it shall be headed by a Director-General appointed by the
Governor in consultation \Vith the Minister; and
(b)
it shall consist or such other members of staff as may be
necessal)' for the perfonnancc of its functions, who shaH
be appointed by the Director-General; and
(c)
the staff of the Unit shall be answerable to the DirectorGeneral for the discharge of their duties and for any failure
to do so or other breach of discipline, for which purpose the
Director-General shall (as far as possible) apply the rules of
the Resen'e Bank pe1taining to the discipline of the staff of
the Reserve Bank; and
(d)
the budget of the Unit(i)
shaH be approved by the Board of the Reserve Bank;
and
(ii)
be managed by the Director-General independently of
the Reserve Bank but be subject to intemal audit by
the Reserve Bank and be audited by the auditors of
the Reserve Bank; and
(iii)
may, in addition to consisting of moneys allocated by
the Reserve Bank, include any moneys appropiiatcd
by Act of Parliament for the purposes orthe Unit;
and
(e)
the Director-General shall vacate his or her office(i)
if he or she tenders his or her resignation, in writing, to
the Govemor, giving such period or notice as may be
provided for in his or her conditions of employment; or
(ii)
on the date he or she begins to serve a sentence of
imprisonment imposed \Vithout the option of a fine in
any country; or
(iii)
if he or she is found guilty of gross misconduct or
incompetence, follmving a disciplinary process; or
(iv)
he is or she is no longer able to perform his or her
functions due to infirmity of body or mind;
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