Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992 (Act No. 40 of 1992)

Chapter III : Reporting of Information, and Investigations

Reporting of information

10. Obligation to report certain information to police

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(1) If the owner, occupier or manager of any place of entertainment, or any person in control of any place of entertainment or who has the supervision thereof, has reason to suspect that any person in or on such place of entertainment uses, has in his possession or deals in any drug in contravention of the provisions of this Act, he shall—
(a) as soon as possible report his suspicion to any police official on duty at that place of entertainment or all he nearest police station, as the case may be; and
(b) at the request of the said police official, furnish that police official with such particulars as he may have available regarding the person in respect of whom the suspicion exists.

 

(2) If any director, manager or executive officer of a financial institution has reason to suspect that any property acquired by the financial institution from any person in the ordinary course of the financial institution's business is the proceeds of a defined crime, he shall—
(a) as soon as possible report his suspicion to any designated officer; and
(b) at the request of that designated officer, furnish the said officer with such particulars as he may have available regarding any such person.

 

(3) If—
(a)any stock-broker as defined in section 1 of the Stock Exchanges Control Act, 1985 (Act No. 1 of 1985), or any person contemplated in paragraph (d), (e) or (f) of section 4(1) of that Act; or
(b) any financial instrument trader as defined in section 1 of the Financial Markets Control Act, 1989 (Act No. 55 of 1989), or any person contemplated in paragraph (f), (g) or (h) of section 5(1) of that Act,

has reason to suspect that any property acquired by him from any other person in the ordinary course of his business is the proceeds of a defined crime, he shall—

(i)as soon as possible report his suspicion to any designated officer; and
(ii) at the request of that designated officer, furnish the said officer with such particulars as he may have available regarding the person from whom that property has been acquired.

 

(4) No obligation as to secrecy and no other restriction on the disclosure of any information as to the affairs or business of a customer or client, whether imposed by any law, the common law or any agreement, shall affect any obligation incurred by virtue of the provisions of subsection (2) or (3).