Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001 (Act No. 38 of 2001)SchedulesSchedule 3B : Foreign Politically Exposed Person |
[Schedule 3B heading substituted by section 52(a) of the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 22 of 2022) Notice No. 1532, GG47802, dated 29 December 2022 - effective 31 December 2022 per Proclamation Notice 109 (a), GG47805, dated 31 December 2022]
A foreign politically exposed person is an individual who holds, or has held, in any foreign country a prominent public function including that of a—
[Words preceding paragraph (a) substituted by section 52(b) of the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 22 of 2022) Notice No. 1532, GG47802, dated 29 December 2022 - effective 31 December 2022 per Proclamation Notice 109 (a), GG47805, dated 31 December 2022]
| (a) | Head of State or head of a country or government; |
| (b) | member of a foreign royal family; |
| (c) | government minister or equivalent senior politician or leader of a political party; |
| (d) | senior judicial official; |
| (e) | senior executive of a state owned corporation; or |
| (f) | high-ranking member of the military. |
[Schedule 3B inserted by section 59 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Act, 2017 (Act No. 1 of 2017)]