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Made | 14th February 2006 | ||
Laid before Parliament | 15th February 2006 | ||
Coming into force | 16th February 2006 |
(5) An offence may be committed under article 4, 5 or 7 by any person in the Territory or by any person elsewhere who is—
Interpretation
2.
—(1) In this Order—
(2) For the purpose of the definition of "relevant institution" in paragraph (1)—
(3) In determining for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b)(ii) whether deposits are accepted only on particular occasions, regard is to be had to the frequency of those occasions and to any characteristics distinguishing them from each other.
Publicly available list of designated persons
3.
The Governor must—
Freezing funds and economic resources
4.
—(1) A person (including the designated person) must not deal with funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by a designated person unless he does so under the authority of a licence granted under article 9.
(2) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence.
(3) In proceedings for an offence under this article, it is a defence for a person to show that he did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that he was dealing with funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by a designated person.
(4) In this article, "to deal with" means—
(b) in respect of economic resources, to use to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including (but not limited to) by selling, hiring or mortgaging the resources.
Making funds and economic resources available
5.
—(1) A person must not make funds or economic resources available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a designated person unless he does so under the authority of a licence granted under article 9.
(2) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence.
(3) In proceedings for an offence under this article, it is a defence for a person to show that he did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that he was making funds or economic resources available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a designated person.
Exceptions
6.
—(1) A person is not guilty of an offence under article 4 or 5 if he credits a frozen account with interest or other earnings on the account.
(2) A relevant institution is not guilty of an offence under article 4 or 5 if the institution credits a frozen account with funds transferred by a third party, provided that the institution informs the Governor without delay.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, article 4 applies to any funds credited to a frozen account in accordance with this article.
(4) In this article—
Circumventing prohibitions etc
7.
A person is guilty of an offence if he participates, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to—
Acting on behalf of a designated person etc
8.
—(1) Where the condition in paragraph (2) is satisfied, the Governor may direct that articles 4 to 7 are to apply in respect of a person identified in the direction as if he were a designated person.
(2) The condition in this paragraph is that the Governor has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person identified in the direction is or may be—
(3) A direction under paragraph (1) has effect—
(6) The Supreme Court may set aside a direction on the application of—
(7) A person who makes an application under paragraph (6) must give a copy of the application and any witness statement or affidavit in support to the Governor not later than seven days before the date fixed for the hearing of the application.
Licences
9.
—(1) The Governor may grant a licence to exempt acts specified in the licence from the prohibition in article 4(1) or 5(1).
(2) A licence may relate to—
(6) Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining a licence, knowingly or recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular is guilty of an offence.
(7) Any person who has done any act under the authority of a licence and who fails to comply with any conditions attaching to that licence is guilty of an offence.
Evidence and information
10.
Schedule 3 (which contains further provisions about evidence and information) has effect.
Penalties
11.
—(1) A person guilty of an offence under article 4, 5 or 7 is liable—
the officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Proceedings
12.
—(1) Proceedings against any person for an offence may be taken before the appropriate court in the Territory having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being.
(2) Summary proceedings for an offence, alleged to have been committed outside the Territory, may be instituted at any time not later than 12 months from the date on which the person charged first enters the Territory after committing the offence.
(3) No proceedings for an offence shall be instituted in the Territory except by or with the consent of the principal public officer of the Territory having responsibility for criminal prosecutions.
(4) Irrespective of whether such consent has been given, paragraph (3) does not prevent
(5) In this article, "offence" means an offence under this Order.
Notices
13.
—(1) This article has effect in relation to any notice to be given to a person by the Governor under article 8(5)(a) or 9(5)(a).
(2) Any such notice may be given—
(3) Where the Governor does not have an address in the Territory for the person, he must make arrangements for the notice to be given to him at the first available opportunity.
Functions of the Governor
14.
—(1) The Governor may, to such extent and subject to such restrictions and conditions as he may think proper, delegate or authorise the delegation of any of his functions under this Order to any person or class or description of persons.
(2) References in this Order to the Governor are to be construed accordingly.
(3) The Governor may by regulations specify in the currency of the Territory the amount which is to be taken as equivalent to sums expressed in sterling in this Order.
Postponement etc of the operation of the Security Council Resolution
15.
—(1) If the Security Council of the United Nations takes any decision which has the effect of postponing, suspending or cancelling the operation of the Security Council Resolution, in whole or in part, this Order shall cease to have effect or its operation shall be postponed or suspended, in whole or in part as the case may be, in accordance with that decision.
(2) The Governor must publish particulars of the decision in a notice in the official gazette of the Territory.
Miscellaneous
16.
—(1) Any provision of this Order which prohibits the doing of a thing except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor shall not have effect in relation to any such thing if—
(2) A thing is duly authorised for the purpose of paragraph (1) if—
A.K Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
2.
Any person who commits an offence under article 9(6) or (7) or paragraph 4(b) or (d) of Schedule 3, shall be liable on conviction:
3.
Any person who commits an offence under paragraph 2(3) or 4(a) or (c) of Schedule 3, is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent, or to both.
4.
If a body corporate commits an offence and it is shown that the offence—
the officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of that offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
5.
Proceedings against any person for an offence may be taken before the appropriate court in the Territory having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being.
6.
Proceedings for a misdemeanour, alleged to have been committed outside the Territory, may be instituted at any time not later than 12 months from the date on which the person charged first enters the Territory after committing the offence.
7.
No proceedings for an offence shall be instituted in the Territory except by or with the consent of the principal public officer of the Territory having responsibility for criminal prosecutions.
8.
Irrespective of whether such consent has been given, paragraph (7) does not prevent—
9.
In paragraphs (5) to (8), "offence" means an offence under this Order.
2.
—(1) A relevant institution must as soon as practicable inform the Governor if it knows or suspects that a relevant person—
(2) A relevant institution, where it informs the Governor under sub-paragraph (1), must state—
(3) A relevant institution that fails to comply with a requirement in paragraph (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence.
(4) In this article, "relevant person" means—
3.
—(1) The Governor may request any person in or resident in the Territory to give to them any information or to produce to them any document in his possession or control which they may require for the purpose of—
(d) establishing the nature of any financial transactions entered into by any such person.
(2) This includes power to—
(3) Any person to whom a request is made must comply with it within such time and in such manner as may be specified in the request.
(4) Nothing in this paragraph shall be taken to require any person who has acted as counsel or solicitor for any person to give or produce any privileged information or document in his possession in that capacity.
4.
A person is guilty of an offence if he—
5.
Where a person is convicted of an offence under paragraph 4(a), the court may make an order requiring him, within such period as may be specified in the order, to give the requested information or to produce the requested document.
6.
—(1) The Governor may only disclose any information given or document produced under this Schedule (including any copy or extract made of any such document)—
(b) for the purpose of giving assistance or cooperation, pursuant to the Security Council Resolution, to—
(c) with a view to instituting, or otherwise for the purposes of, any proceedings—
(d) with the consent of a person who, in his own right, is entitled to the information or to the possession of the document, to any third party.
(2) In this paragraph, "in his own right" means not merely in the capacity as a servant or agent of another person.
7.
An action done under this Schedule is not to be treated as a breach of any restriction imposed by statute or otherwise.
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