Preliminary Provisions
Title and commencement
This Provisional Order may be cited as, "Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Act, 2009", and shall come into force, as of the date of signature.
Repeal and saving
The Money Laundering (Combating) Act, 2004 shall be repealed; provided that all the regulations, measures and decisions, made thereunder shall continue in force, until revoked, or amended under this Act.
Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Money": means property of its types, whether material, or immaterial, movable, or immovable, and currencies of all types thereof, foreign, or local, financial and commercial papers, bonds and documents, which prove acquiring, or possession of money, or any title, relating thereto;
"Central Bank": means the Central Bank of Sudan;
"Person": means any natural, or corporate person;
"Continuous relation": means any commercial, or professional relation, having connection with one of the activities, named in the definition of the Financial , or Non-financial Institution, whenever the Institution concerned expects the relation to continue for a period of time;
"Casual client" : means the customer whom no continuous relation connects with the Financial, or Non-financial Institution;
"Committee": means the Administrative Committee, established under the provisions of section 29, hereof;
"Governor": means the Governor of the Central Bank;
"Real beneficiary": means the natural person having the ownership, or actual control of the client, or the person, for the account, or interest of whom the operation is made, or according to his will;
"Financial Institutions":
mean the Commercial Banks, companies, Exchange and Brokerage Shops, and include any person, or other bodies, which operate commercially, in a regular way, any of the following activities, or operations, for the benefit, or account of clients:
- acceptance of deposits;
- granting credit, of all types thereof;
- financing hire;
- transmission of money;
- the issue of payment instruments of all types thereof; of the same are payment and credit cards and personal and banks cheques;
- financial securities and undertakings;
- dealing in the instruments of the monetary market and the capital market, in sale, and purchase in such dealing in foreign exchange , and the present, or postponed exchange markets;
- participation in the issue of financial papers and rendering financial services, having a connection with such issue;
- the investment purses, and the services of investment trustees;
- management and keeping the financial papers and valuable things;
- mutual help, or life insurance , and any other insurance products, having an investment element;
"Non-financial Institutions":
mean the Institutions, or persons, who commercially practice any of he following activities:
- clubs of wagering games, or gambling;
- estates brokerage;
- trade of minerals and valuable gems;
- the activity of advocacy, or accountancy, as a liberal profession;
- services of instituting companies, and the activities, attached thereto;
- any other activities, as a decision from the Minister may be issued for application of the provisions of this Act thereto.
"Unit": means the Financial Inquiries Unit, established under section 10, hereof.
"Minister": means he Federal Minister of Finance and National Economy;
