All provisions · AML/CFT Act (Cap. 251) · Part Vi: Preventive measures

52 Malicious reporting

Any person who willfully gives any information to the FIU or to an authorised officer, knowing such information to be false, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine up to SCR200,000 or to imprisonment up to six months or to both.

Secrecy obligations over ridden

Official source: Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act (Cap. 251), Act 5 of 2020, Revised Edition as at 17 January 2025 (Acts 5 of 2020, 7 of 2021, 8 of 2021, 62 of 2021, 9 of 2022, 12 of 2024, S.I. 145 of 2020)

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