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Section 23, The Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2005
Status not yet checkedThe Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2005, Sierra Leone
(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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