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Section 17, The Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2005

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(1) All officers and employees of a financial institutionshall take all reasonable steps to ensure the compliance by that financial institution with its obligation under this Part. (2) The Authority or the Director-General of CISU, upon application to a court and satisfying the court that a financial institution has failed without reasonable excuse to comply in whole or in part with any obligation imposed by section 14, may obtain a mandatory injunction against any or all of the officers or employees of that financial institution in such terms as the court deems necessary to enforce compliance with such obligation. (3) In granting an injunction under subsection (2), the court may order that, should the financial institution or any officer or employee of that institution fail without reasonable excuse to comply with all or any of the provisions of that injunction, such financial institution, officer or employee shall pay a financial penalty in the sum and in the manner directed by the court.

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