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Terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2019.
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Contents
- Preamble
- Section 1
- Section 2
- Section 3 — Section 16 of the Anti-Money Laundering Combating of
- Section 4
- Section 5
- Section 6 — Part VIII of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of
- Section 7
- Section 8 — Section 75 of the Anti-Money Laundering and
- Section 9 — Section 76 of the Anti-Money Laundering and
Short title.
No. 3 2019
Sierra Leone
The Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Financing of
Terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2019.
Being an Act to amend the Anti-Money Laundering and
Combating of Financing of Terrorism Act, 2012 and to provide for
other related matters.
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ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this
present Parliament assembled.
Date of commencement.
ACT
Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXLX, No. 50
dated 20th June, 2019
10. Part II of the First Schedule to the Anti-Money
Laundering and Combating of Financing of Terrorism Act 2012, is
amended by inserting the following new items immediately after item
(4) -
(4A) car dealers;
(4B) non-profit organisations;
(4C) shipping companies and agencies;
(4D) clearing and forwarding agencies.
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE.
GAZETTE NO. 50 OF 20TH JUNE, 2019.
No. 3 Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Financing
of Terrorism (Amendment) Act 2019
of First
Schedule to
Act No. 3 of
2012. SIGNED this 17th day of June , 2019.
DR. JULIUS MAADA BIO,
President.
LS
Passed in Parliament this 30th day of May, in the year of our Lord two
thousand and nineteen.
PARAN UMAR TARAWALLY
Clerk of Parliament.
THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill
which has passed Parliament and found by me to be a true and correct printed copy
of the said Bill.
PARAN UMAR TARAWALLY
Clerk of Parliament.
No. 3 Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Financing
of Terrorism (Amendment) Act 2019
No. 3 Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Financing
of Terrorism (Amendment) Act 2019
Section 1 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combatingof Financing of Terrorism Act, 2012 is amended by inserting
immediately after the definition "financing of terrorism'' the following
new definition -
"foreign terrorist fighter'' means an individual who
travels to a state other than that individual's state
of residence or nationality for the purpose of perpetration, planning, supporting of, preparation,
organising, counselling for, participation in a terrorist
act or providing or receiving terrorist training, or a
terrorism-related activity including in connection
with armed conflict".
Section 4 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combatingof Financing of Terrorism Act, 2012 is amended in subsection (1) by
deleting the words "once a month'' and substituting the words "once
every quarter''.
Financing of Terrorism Act, 2012 is amended in -
(a) subsection (1) by deleting the words "with
the intention that they should be used or
having reasonable grounds to believe that
they are to be used'' immediately after the
word "property'' on the third line;
(b) subsection (2) by inserting the following new
subsection immediately after subsection (2)
-
"(2A) A person who finances or provides any support
whatsoever to–
(a) a terrorist;
(b) a terrorist group;
(c) a terrorist organisation; or
(d) a foreign terrorist fighter,
commits an offence.''
Section 52 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combatingof Financing of Terrorism Act, 2012 is amended in subsections (1)
and (2) by substituting "Part III'' with "Part VII''.
Section 53 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combatingof Financing of Terrorism Act, 2012 is amended in subsection (1) by
substituting "Part III' with "Part VII''.
Financing of Terrorism Act, 2012 is amended by repealing and
replacing the heading with the following new heading-
“PART VIII - CURRENCY DECLARATION”
Section 68 of the Anti- Money Laundering and Combatingof Financing of Terrorism Act, 2012 is amended by repealing and
replacing subsection (1) with the following new section -
“68 (1) A person who leaves or arrives in Sierra
Leone with more than Ten Thousand United States
Dollars, or its equivalent in Leones or other foreign
currency in cash or negotiable bearer instruments
on his person or in his luggage without first having
declared the fact to the relevant authority commits
an offence and is liable on conviction to forfeit the
entire amount”
Combating of Financing of Terrorism Act, 2012 is amended in
subsection (3) by deleting the words "period of ten working days"
and substituting the words "period of 30 working days''.
Combating of Financing of Terrorism Act,2012 is amended in
subsection (8) by deleting the words "six months '' and substituting
the words "eighteen months''
2 3
of section 1
of section 4
of section 16
of section 52
of Act No,
2 of 2012.
of section 53
of section 68
of section 75
of section
76 of Act
No. 2 of
2012.
of Part VIII
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