Section 1: In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–

“confiscation” means the permanent deprivation of funds or other assets by order of a competent authority or a court and includes forfeiture; “CISU” means the Central Intelligence and Security Unit established under section 11 of the National Security and Central Intelligence Act, 2002; “Committee” means the Prevention of Terrorism Committee established under Regulation 4 of these Regulations; Short title. Interpretation. “designated persons” means a natural person or legal person or organisation designated by the Sanctions Committee pursuant to a UNSCR or those natural person or legal person or organisation designated or accepted as appropriate by regional and national jurisdictions pursuant to a UNSCR; “Director” means the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit; “funds” mean financial assets, property of any kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, however acquired, and legal documents or instruments in any form, including electronic or digital, evidencing title to or interest in, the funds or other assets, including bank credits, travelers’ cheques, bank cheques, money orders, shares, securities, bonds, drafts or letters of credit, and any interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by the funds or other assets; “Inter-Ministerial Committee” means the governing body of the FIU; “other assets” means property of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, however acquired, and legal documents or instruments in any form, including electronic or digital, evidencing title to, or interest in such other assets; “supervisory authority” means the Bank of Sierra Leone or other authority having oversight over a reporting entity; “terrorist” means a person who commits or attempts to commit a terrorist act or who participates in or facilitates the commission of a terrorist act or conspiracy to do so; “terrorist group “ means a structured group or organization of more than two persons established over a period of time and acting in concert to commit terrorist acts; “terrorist property” means the property of a terrorist or any other property consisting of funds that are intended to be used to finance or otherwise assist the commission of a terrorist act; “TOCU” means Transnational Organised Crime Unit; “Unit” means the Financial Intelligence Unit established under section 2 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Financing of Terrorism Act, 2012; “UNSCR” means The United Nations Security Council Resolutions; “who finance terrorism” means any person, group, undertaking or other entity that provides or collects, by any means, directly or indirectly, funds or other assets that may be used in full or in part, to facilitate the commission of terrorist acts, or to any persons or entities acting on behalf of, or at the direction of such persons, groups, undertakings or other entities and shall also include natural or legal persons who provide or collect funds and other assets with the intention that they should be used or in the knowledge that they are to be used, in full or in part in order to carry out terrorist acts; “without delay” mean – (a) in the case of preventing the flight or dissipation of terrorist-linked funds or other assets for the purposes of UNSCR 1267 2 3 (1999), within a matter of hours of a designation by the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee; and (b) upon having reasonable ground, to suspect or believe that a person or entity is a terrorist, one who finances terrorism or a terrorist organisation for the purposes of UNSCR 1373 (2001).