[2001.]
Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud
Offences) Act, 2001.
[No. 50.]
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have occurred and stating that such conduct is
an offence under the law of that state or territorial unit, and
(ii) a document purporting to be a translation of a
document mentioned in subparagraph (i) and to
be certified as correct by a person appearing to
be competent to so certify,
shall be admissible in any proceedings, without
further proof, as evidence of the matters mentioned
in those documents, unless the contrary is shown.
(8) Where—
(a) a report is made by a person or body to the Garda
Sı́ochána under section 57 of this Act in relation to
property referred to in this section, or
(b) a person or body (other than a person or body suspected of committing an offence under this section)
is informed by the Garda Sı́ochána that property in
the possession of the person or body is property
referred to in this section,
the person or body shall not commit an offence under this
section or section 58 of this Act if and for as long as the person
or body complies with the directions of the Garda Sı́ochána in
relation to the property.’’.
22.—Section 56A (inserted by section 15 of the Criminal Justice
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1997), which deals with revenue
offences, of the Criminal Justice Act, 1994, is hereby amended by
the substitution, for ‘‘Part VII’’, of ‘‘Part IV or this Part’’.
Amendment of
section 56A of
Criminal Justice
Act, 1994.
23.—The Criminal Justice Act, 1994, is hereby amended by the
insertion of the following section after section 57:
Amendment of
Criminal Justice
Act, 1994.
‘‘Designation of
certain states or
territorial units.
57A.—(1) The Minister may by order, after
consultation with the Minister for Finance, designate any state, or territorial unit within a state,
that in his or her opinion has not in place
adequate procedures for the detection of money
laundering.
(2) Any person or body to whom or which
section 32 of this Act applies (including any director, employee or officer thereof) shall report to
the Garda Sı́ochána any transaction connected
with a state or territorial unit that stands designated under subsection (1).
(3) A person charged by law with the supervision of a person or body to whom or which
section 32 of this Act applies shall report to the
Garda Sı́ochána if the person suspects that a
transaction referred to in subsection (2) has taken
place and that that subsection has not been complied with by the person or body with whose
supervision the first-mentioned person is so
charged.
(4) A report may be made to the Garda
Sı́ochána under this section in accordance with
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