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Section 3 – REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
Article 12
Financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions shall report to
the Unit without delay any transaction or attempted transaction, regardless of the value
thereof, if they suspect or have reasonable grounds to suspect that such transaction involves
proceeds of crime or funds related or linked to or to be used for money laundering or
terrorism financing.
Attorneys and other independent legal professionals and accountants are not required to
report a transaction under the previous Article if the relevant information was obtained in
circumstances where they are subject to professional secrecy.
Article 13
Financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions, their directors
and employees are prohibited from disclosing to a customer or any other person the fact that
a report under the previous Article or any information related to the unit or to any money
laundering or terrorism financing investigation. This shall not preclude disclosures or
communications between and among directors and employees of the financial institution or
designated non-financial business and profession, in addition to lawyers,competent
authorities, and the public prosecution.
There shall be no penal, civil, disciplinary or administrative liability for a financial institution
or a designated non-financial business and profession or its directors or employees for breach
of any restriction on disclosure of information imposed by contract or law if it is established
that a report under Article 12 or any other information was provided to the Unit in good faith.
Financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions are bound to
provide information and documents to the relevant competent authorities upon request.
Professional secrecy or privilege shall not constitute a ground not to comply with the
obligations under this Law except in the case of lawyers, independent legal professionals and
accountants according to the provisions of Article 12 (2).