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Section 23, The Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2005

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(1) For the purpose of determining whether any propertybelongs to,or is in the possession or under the control of any person, the court may, upon application by a competent authority and if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for so doing, order– (a) that any document relevant to– (i) identifying, locating or quantifying property of that person; (ii) identifying or locating any document necessary for the transfer of property of that person; be delivered forthwith to the competent authority; (b) a financial institution forthwith to produce to the competent authority all information obtained by the institution about any business transaction conducted by or for that person with the institution during such period before or after the date of the order as the court directs; (c) upon being satisfied by the competent authority that any person is failing to comply with, is delaying or is otherwise obstructing an order made in accordanee with paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection ( 1), that the competent authority may enter any premises of that person, search the premises and remove any document material or other thing therein for the purposes of executing such order. (2) Where a person produces or delivers a document pursuant to an order under this section, the production or delivery of the document or any information, document or thing obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of the production or delivery of the document, is not admissible against the person in any proceedings except a proceeding for an offence of failing to comply with an order of a court. Forfeiture of property of persons convicted under Act. Competent authority to obtain property tracking or monitoring order.

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