Section 19A: Establishment of National Committee

19A. Establishment of National Committee (1) There is established for the purposes of this Act a National Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism. (2) The National Committee shall consist of— (a) the supervising officer of the Ministry responsible for the subject of finance or his representative, who shall be the Chairperson; (b) a representative of the Prime Minister’s Office; (c) a representative of the Attorney-General’s Office; (d) the Director of Public Prosecutions or his representative; (e) the Registrar of Associations or his representative; (f) a representative of the Ministry responsible for the subject of foreign affairs; (g) the Commissioner of Police or his representative; (h) the Director-General of the Mauritius Revenue Authority or his representative; (i) the Director of FIU or his representative; (j) a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Mauritius or his representative; (k) the Chief Executive of the Financial Services Commission or his representative; (l) — (m) the Director-General appointed under section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act or his representative; (n) the Chief Executive of the Gambling Regulatory Authority or his representative. [Issue 9] F8 – 16 Revised Laws of Mauritius (3) The National Committee may co-opt such other persons as appear to it to have special knowledge or experience in anti-money laundering or combating the financing of terrorism. [S. 19A inserted by s. 3 (h) of Act 34 of 2003 w.e.f. 27 September 2003; amended by s. 11 (d) of Act 15 of 2006 w.e.f. 7 August 2006; s. 14 (b) of Act 17 of 2007 w.e.f. 22 August 2007; s. 15 (d) of Act 14 of 2009 w.e.f. 30 July 2009; s. 11 (d) of Act 20 of 2011 w.e.f. 16 July 2011; s. 17 (j) of Act 27 of 2013 w.e.f. 21 December 2013; s. 22 (d) of Act 18 of 2016 w.e.f. 7 September 2016.]