Section 22: Filing of Case

¹1) After the investigation regarding crimes related to the purification of property and financial investment in terrorist activities is completed, the investigation officer should prepare an investigation report in accordance with the prevailing law and send it to the relevant government lawyer’s office.

Provided that the constitutional body is authorised to investigate the relevant crimes according to the prevailing law, it will not be hindered from filing or filing a case in the competent court according to the law.

2) If there is sufficient ground to proceed from the report received pursuant to sub-section (1) and the evidence collected during the study of the case, the public prosecutor shall file a suit in the court trying the case of the relevant offence.

3) If any legal person or arrangement is found to have committed an offence in accordance with this Act, a case may be filed against such legal person or arrangement and the natural person concerned who commits or causes the offence to be committed through it, with a demand for varying punishment and forfeiture.

4) Complaints, petitions, and information pending in the department during the commencement of this section may be investigated as an investigating officer in accordance with this Act and file a case in accordance with this section.

^{1 Amendments to the Prevention of Money Laundering and Promotion of Business Environment Act, 2080.}