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J\'lONEY lAUNDERING AND PROCEEDS OF CRIME AMENDMENT
existing products, every financial institution and every designated nonfinancial business or profession, shall assess and document the money
laundering and tenorist financing risk posed by such product, service,
business practice or technology, and put in place adequate measures to
mitigate the risk.
(5) The Director General may issue directives or guidelines to
further clarify or elaborate on the obligations of financial institutions
and designated uon-tinancial businesses and professions in terms of this
section.
(6) Any financial institution or designated non-financial business
or profession which fails to comply with the provisions of this section,
including the requirements of any directive or guidelines issued thereunder
by the Director Geneml, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a iine
not exceeding level fourteen or imprisonment for a period not exceeding
two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
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Establishment of National Anti-Money Laundering
Advisory Committee
(1) There is hereby established a nationalconunittee to be known
as the National Anti-Money Laundering Advisory Committee, whose
function shall be to advise the ivfinister on policies to combat money
laundering and terrorist financing and performing any other function
conferred or imposed on it by this or any other enactment.
(2) The Advisory Committee shall consist of(a)
the Director-General;
(b)
not less than three and not more than seven members
appointed by the Minister from among heads of competent
authmities (including a head of a relevant depmiment or unit
of the competent authority) as defined in section 2(1);
(c)
not less than three and not more than seven other persons
appointed by the Minister for their qualifications or
experience in financial analysis, law, accounting, forensic
auditing, law enforcement or any other field which, in the
Minister's opinion, is relevant to the Advisory Committee.
(3) Members of the Advisory Com1nittee shall be appointed on
such tenns and conditions and for such period, not exceeding three years,
as the Minister may fix.
(4) A person who ceases to be a member shall be eligible for reappointment for only one more tenn.
(5) The Minister shall appoint the Chairperson and ViceChairperson from amongst the members of the Advisory Committee.
(6) The Advis01y Committee shall meet as often as necessary,
but at least once eve1y quarter.
(7) The procedure to be adopted at the meetings of the Advisory
Committee shall be as detemuned by the Committee.
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Establishment of National Taskforce on Anti-Money
Laundering and combating of Financing of Terrorism
(1) Th,~re is hereby established a national task force, to be known
as the National Task Force on /\uti-Money Laundeling and Combating
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2018