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Financial institutions may volunteer information

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53 Financial institutions may volunteer information

A financial institution that has information about a transaction with the institution may give the information to the DPP, a police officer or an authorised CCC officer if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the information —

(a)

may be relevant to the investigation of a confiscation offence; or

(b)

may assist a court in deciding whether or not to make an unexplained wealth declaration, a criminal benefits declaration or a crime‑used property substitution declaration; or

(c)

may otherwise facilitate the operation of this Act or the regulations.

[Section 53 amended: No. 10 of 2018 s. 44.]

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