Section 13: Complaint

¹1) Any person who has knowledge that somebody has committed, is going to commit or is committing any act constituting money laundering and terrorist financing and predicate offences may submit a complaint, application, information or notice to the Department in writing or oral form:

(a) In the case of offences relating to financing terrorist acts or the manufacture and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the police office,

(b) In the case of an offence relating to the purification of property relating to an offence, in the office investigating the relevant offence in accordance with the prevailing law,

(c) In the department where the matter relates to the money laundering, it is not related to the associated fault.

²1A) A complaint or information pursuant to sub-section (1) shall be registered by the office or body other than the office or body authorised to investigate the complaint or information and sent immediately to the office or body concerned for necessary action.

2) If the complaint, application, information, or notice is received in writing, the Department shall register it, and the Office of Research shall transcribe the oral complaint, application, information, or notice it receives and then register it in accordance with sub-section (1).

However, suppose anyone complains with an intention to keep his name confidential. In that case, a code designated by the Chief of the Department should be used in place of the complainer’s name while registering such a complaint.

³3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or (2), Information should be officially registered as a complaint if any staff of the Department knows by any means that certain person(s) has committed or is committing or is going to commit money laundering or terrorist financing.

³4) If it appears that the complaint needs to be endorsed based on the merits of the complaint received pursuant to sub-section (1) or (2), the complainant concerned may be endorsing.

³5) If the complainer endorses requests for confidentiality of name and address, it shall be kept confidential.

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

^{2 Added by the Prevention of Money Laundering and Promotion of Business Environment Act, 2080.}

^{3 Amended by the second amendment.}