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SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME (UNEXPLAINED WEALTH) ACT 2009 (NO 60 OF 2009) - SECT 14

14—Monitoring orders

        (1)         A court may, on application by the Commissioner of Police make an order (a "monitoring order") requiring a deposit holder to report, as soon as practicable, transactions of a kind specified in the order relevant to identifying, tracing, locating or valuing a person's wealth.

        (2)         An application to a court under this section must be accompanied by an affidavit that specifies how the transactions to which the application relates are relevant to identifying, tracing, locating or valuing a person's wealth.

        (3)         A monitoring order must—

            (a)         specify the kind of information the deposit holder is required to give; and

            (b)         specify the form and manner in which the information is to be given; and

            (c)         set out the effect of subsection (6) and (7); and

            (d)         set out the effect of section 33.

        (4)         Subject to subsection (5), a monitoring order remains in force for a period of not more than 6 months specified in the order.

        (5)         A court that has made a monitoring order may, on application by the Commissioner of Police or the deposit holder, extend, vary or revoke the order.

        (6)         If a monitoring order is made, a person who—

            (a)         discloses the existence or nature of the order to another person; or

            (b)         discloses information to another person from which the other person could infer the existence or nature of the order,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (7)         Subsection (6) does not apply if the disclosure—

            (a)         is authorised by the order; or

            (b)         is necessary to comply with the order; or

            (c)         is made for the purpose of obtaining legal advice or legal representation in relation to the order; or

            (d)         is made for the purposes of, or in the course of, legal proceedings.



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