Section 55A: Obligations to comply with guidelines issued by
This section is inserted by Act No 5 of 2020, section 8.
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55A. Obligations to comply with guidelines issued by
Mauritius Institute of Professional Accountants and FIU
For the purposes of combatting money laundering and
the financing of terrorism, every professional accountant,
public accountant and relevant member firm referred to
in Part II of the First Schedule to the Financial Intelligence
and Anti-Money Laundering Act shall comply with the
guidelines issued by the Mauritius Institute of Professional
Accountants and FIU.
(c) in section 79 –
(i) by repealing subsection (1) and replacing it by the
following subsection –
(1) Where a public interest entity has failed
to comply with any financial reporting and accounting
standard, code, Code of Corporate Governance
or guideline issued under this Act, and with such
other financial reporting and accounting standards
as may be specified under the relevant enactments,
the Council may issue a warning to the public interest
entity or serve a notice on the public interest entity
for an immediate restatement of its financial statement,
or take such remedial action as it may determine.
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(ii) in subsection (3) –
(A) by inserting, after the words “with the notice
referred to in”, the words “, or take any remedial
action under,”;
(B) by deleting the words “one million rupees” and
replacing them by the words “5 million rupees”.
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Questions this section answers
- Must a professional accountant follow anti-money laundering guidelines issued by the Mauritius Institute of Professional Accountants and the FIU?