Law library · Sierra Leone · The Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2005
Section 14: Every financial institution shall–
Status not yet checkedThe Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2005, Sierra Leone
(a) keep a business transaction record of any
new or unrelated business transaction
exceeding twenty-five million leones for a
period of five years after the termination of
the business transaction so recorded;
(b) report to the Authority any business
transaction where the identity of the persons
involved, the transaction or any other
circumstances concerning that business
transaction gives any officer or employee of
the financial institution reasonable grounds
to believe that the transaction involves the
proceeds of crime;
(c) comply with any instruction issued to it by
the Authority under paragraph (f) of section
13;
(d) permit any person authorised in that behalf
by the Authority, upon request, to enter into
any premises of the financial institution
during normal working hours and inspect the
records kept under paragraph (a) and to make
any notes or take any copies of the whole or
any part of any such records or to answer
any questions of the Authority in relation to
such records;
(e) comply with the guidelines and training
requirements issued or, as the case may be,
provided by the Authority in accordance with
paragraphs (g) and (h) of section 13;
(f) develop procedures and controls to combat
money-laundering and develop audit
functions to evaluate such policies,
procedures and control and;
(g) develop a procedure to audit compliance with
this section.
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