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PART II
BANK USE PROMOTION AND SUPPRESSION OF MONEY LAUNDERING UNIT
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Establishment of Bank Use Promotion and Suppression of Money Laundering
Unit
(1) There is hereby established an unit of the Reserve Bank, to be known as the Bank Use
Promotion and Suppression of Money Laundering Unit.
(2) The staff of the Unit shall consist of the officers, inspectors or employees of the Reserve
Bank referred to in section 46 of the Banking Act [Chapter 24:20].
(3) There shall be a Director of the Unit who shall be appointed by the Governor of the
Reserve Bank.
(4) The Director may. with the approval of the Governor of the Reserve Bank, delegate to
any person referred to in subsection (2) any functions conferred upon him or her by this Act,
other than such power of delegation.
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Functions of the Unit
Subject to this Act, the functions of the Unit shall be—
(a) to promote the use by the public of financial institutions for the purpose of mediating,
facilitating or obviating cash transactions; and
(b) to receive reports of suspicious transactions issued by designated institutions or
employees thereof in terms of section twenty-six or twenty-eight; and
(c) to consider the reports referred to in paragraph (b), and if there are any reasonable
grounds to suspect that the transactions are suspicious, transmit the reports to the
appropriate law enforcement authorities; and
(d) to compile statistics and records and gather and disseminate information within
Zimbabwe or elsewhere on matters relating to its functions referred to in paragraphs (a)
and (b); and
(e) to issue guidelines or directions to financial institutions on matters relating to its
functions referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b); and
(f) to monitor and enforce compliance with this Act by traders, parastatals, designated
institutions and other persons; and
(g) to create training facilities and provide training to designated institutions on matters
relating to its functions referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b); and
(h) to perform such other function as may be assigned to it by or under this Act or as the
Governor of the Reserve Bank may assign to it by direction in writing.
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Inspectorate of the Unit
(1) The following persons shall be inspectors of the Unit for the purposes of this Act—
(a) such officers, inspectors or employees of the Reserve Bank referred to in section 46 of
the Banking Act [Chapter 24:20] as are nominated by the Governor of the Reserve
Bank; and
(b) every inspector working for the department of the Ministry of Finance and Economic