Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

21.   Reporting requirements

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    (1)   As soon as a financial institution or a person engaged in other business activity becomes aware of a listed entity, that financial institution or person engaged in other business activity shall immediately —

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      (a)     report to the Commissioner of Police and the Financial Intelligence Authority if it is in possession of property that is —

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        (i)     owned or controlled, by a listed entity,

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        (ii)     wholly or jointly owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a listed entity,

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        (iii)     derived or generated from funds or other assets that is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a listed entity,

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        (iv)     owned or controlled by a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of a listed entity;

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        (v)     owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by —

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          (A)     the Government or a political party of a proscribed country;

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          (B)     a person acting on behalf of, or at the direction of the Government or a political party of a proscribed country;

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          (C)     a person controlled by the Government or a political party of a proscribed country, which is associated with a nuclear or ballistic programme of that Government or a political party of a proscribed country or any other activity prohibited by this Act;

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      (b)     report to the Commissioner of Police and the Financial Intelligence Authority if there is a transaction being conducted by a person involving property owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the listed entity;

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      (c)     disclose to the Financial Intelligence Authority all information relating to the property of the listed entity or to the transaction conducted by the person referred to under paragraph (b).

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    (2)   If a listed entity attempts to enter into a transaction or continue a business relationship with a financial institution or a person engaged in other business activity, the financial institution or a person engaged in other business activity shall immediately submit a suspicious transaction report, in the prescribed form, to the Financial Intelligence Authority and shall not enter into or continue a transaction or business relationship with the listed entity.