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MT · Cap. 373

Prevention Of Money Laundering Act (Cap. 373)

In Kraft60 ArtikelText geprüft am 24.10.2026

Inhalt

  1. Art. 1 Short title.
  2. Art. 2 Interpretation.
  3. PART I
  4. Art. 3 Offences.
  5. Art. 4 Additional powers of investigation.
  6. Art. 4A Applicability of Dangerous Drugs Ordinance.
  7. Art. 4B Monitoring order.
  8. Art. 5 Freezing of property of person charged. Cap. 621.
  9. Art. 6 Penalty for contravening court order.
  10. Art. 7 Confiscation and rights of third parties. Cap. 621.
  11. Art. 9 Powers of investigation in connection with offences cognizable by courts outside Malta.
  12. Art. 9A Transactions or banking operations carried out through one or more accounts.
  13. Art. 10 Freezing of property of person accused with offences cognizable by courts outside Malta.
  14. Art. 11 Enforcement of confiscation orders made by courts outside Malta following conviction for offences cognizable by those courts.
  15. Art. 11A The Director of the Asset Recovery Bureau to conduct enquiries.
  16. Art. 12 Rules and regulations.
  17. Art. 12A National Co- ordinating Committee on Combating Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism.
  18. Art. 13 Punishments, penalties and other measures.
  19. Art. 13A Appeals from administrative penalties.
  20. Art. 13B Recovery of administrative penalties.
  21. Art. 13C Publication of administrative penalties.
  22. PART II
  23. Art. 14 Definitions.
  24. Art. 15 Establishment of the Unit.
  25. Art. 16 Functions of the Unit.
  26. Art. 17 Liability for damages.
  27. Art. 18 Distribution of duties of the Unit.
  28. Art. 19 Compositionofthe Board.
  29. Art. 20 Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Board.
  30. Art. 21 Meetings of the Board.
  31. Art. 22 Decisions in case of emergency.
  32. Art. 23 The Executive and other staff of the Unit..
  33. Art. 24 The police liaison officer.
  34. Art. 25 Legal and judicial representation of the Unit.
  35. Art. 26 Compliance.
  36. Art. 26A Engagement of experts.
  37. Art. 27 Co-operation with supervisory authorities.
  38. Art. 27A Co-operation with counterpart Financial Intelligence Units.
  39. Art. 27B Cooperation with Competent Authorities.
  40. Art. 27C Co-operation with designated authorities.
  41. Art. 27D Co-operation with Europol.
  42. Art. 28 Delay of execution of a suspicious transaction.
  43. Art. 29 Action after execution of suspicious transaction which could not be delayed.
  44. Art. 30 Power of the Unit to demand information.
  45. Art. 30A Power of Unit to demand information under article 16.
  46. Art. 30B Information demanded or obtained by the Unit.
  47. Art. 30C Unit may require the subject person to monitor transactions or banking operations.
  48. Art. 30D Power of Unit to issue directives.
  49. Art. 31 Transmission of information to police for investigation.
  50. Art. 31A Feedback by competent authorities.
  51. Art. 32 Feedback on reports.
  52. Art. 33 Tipping off by the officials or employees of the Unit.
  53. Art. 34 Confidentialityand permissible disclosure of information.
  54. Art. 35 Revenue of the Unit.
  55. Art. 36 Powers of the Unit.
  56. Art. 37 Advances by the Government.
  57. Art. 38 Estimates and expenditure.
  58. Art. 39 Determination and allocation of profits.
  59. Art. 40 Financial year.
  60. Art. 41 Audit.
  61. Art. 42 Annual accounts.
  62. Art. 43 Exemption from taxes.