Regulation

Money Laundering Prevention Regulations, 2024

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Type
Regulation
Year
२०८१ BS · 2024 AD
Status
In force
Category
खण्ड ७: बैंकिङ्ग, बिमा, वित्तीय संस्था तथा सम्पत्ति शुद्धिकरण · Volume 7: Banking, Insurance, Financial Institution, and Money Laundering
Made under
Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2064
Official text
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Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.

What does it do?

  • Banks and other reporting institutions may verify a customer's identity, with the customer's consent, from the government's electronic citizenship and national identity card records. Otherwise they must collect at least the customer's full name, date of birth, addresses, contact details, a parent's name, nationality and an identity document number. For a company they must also record its directors and senior managers, anyone holding 15% or more of its shares, and a declaration of who its real (beneficial) owners are.बैङ्क लगायतका सूचक संस्थाले ग्राहकको सहमतिमा नागरिकता वा राष्ट्रिय परिचयपत्रका लागि सरकारले राखेको विद्युतीय अभिलेखबाट ग्राहक पहिचान गर्न सक्छन्। अन्यथा कम्तीमा पूरा नाम, जन्ममिति, ठेगाना, सम्पर्क विवरण, आमा वा बाबुको नाम, राष्ट्रियता र परिचयपत्रको नम्बर लिनुपर्छ। कानूनी व्यक्तिको हकमा सञ्चालक र उच्च व्यवस्थापक, पन्ध्र प्रतिशत वा सोभन्दा बढी शेयर धारण गर्ने व्यक्ति र वास्तविक धनीको स्वघोषणासमेत लिनुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rules 3(1)-(3) and 4(1)(क)-(ख), PDF pp. 1-4
  • Reporting institutions must identify any occasional customer who transacts more than Rs 100,000 (one lakh), or the equivalent in foreign currency, in a day, whether at once or in several transactions. They must not open a relationship with, or deal with, a customer who will not provide the required documents, unless the customer gives a reasonable explanation and supporting papers. A transaction that looks suspicious must be reported to the Financial Information Unit even if it is below the limit, and external auditors must report suspected offences too.सूचक संस्थाले एक दिनमा एक पटक वा पटकपटक गरी एक लाख रुपैयाँ वा सो बराबरको विदेशी मुद्राभन्दा बढीको आकस्मिक कारोबार गर्ने ग्राहकको पहिचान गर्नुपर्छ। माग गरिएको विवरण वा कागजात नदिने ग्राहकसँग व्यावसायिक सम्बन्ध वा कारोबार गर्न हुँदैन, तर ग्राहकले मनासिब कारण र पुष्टि गर्ने कागजात दिएमा कारोबार गर्न सकिन्छ। तोकिएको सीमाभन्दा कमको कारोबार पनि शङ्कास्पद देखिए वित्तीय जानकारी इकाईलाई प्रतिवेदन दिनुपर्छ र बाह्य लेखापरीक्षकले पनि कसूरको शङ्का लागेमा तत्काल प्रतिवेदन दिनुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rules 4(4), 4(7), 13(1)-(2) and 16, PDF pp. 5, 13-14
  • Companies and other legal persons must collect details or self-declarations from the people who own or control them, including anyone with 15% or more ownership, and must report changes in ownership or control to their regulator or registering office immediately. If asked for evidence, they must provide it within 35 days. If they do not, the ownership or transactions must be frozen. After a 15-day chance to explain, or if nothing is received within three months, the holding may be confiscated and fined, and the names posted on the office's website.कानूनी व्यक्तिले आफ्नो स्वामित्व वा नियन्त्रण गर्ने व्यक्तिबाट, पन्ध्र प्रतिशत वा सोभन्दा बढी स्वामित्वसमेतको, विवरण वा स्वघोषणा लिनुपर्छ र स्वामित्व वा नियन्त्रण परिवर्तन भएमा तत्काल नियमनकारी निकाय वा दर्ता गर्ने निकायलाई जानकारी दिनुपर्छ। प्रमाण माग भएमा पैँतीस दिनभित्र पेस गर्नुपर्छ, नत्र स्वामित्व वा कारोबार रोक्का हुन्छ। पन्ध्र दिनको स्पष्टीकरणको मौकापछि वा तीन महिनासम्म विवरण नआएमा ऐनको दफा ३५क.(४) बमोजिम जफत र जरिबाना हुन्छ र त्यस्तो व्यक्तिको विवरण वेबसाइटमा राखिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rule 76(1)-(10), PDF pp. 51-54
  • A complaint about a money-laundering offence must be filed in the First Information Report format set in Schedule 1 of the National Criminal Procedure Code, 2074. The office head assigns an officer to a preliminary inquiry for up to 15 days, which may be extended by up to 30 days in total. During an investigation, the investigating officer may ask a person to show the source of their property, for example when their wealth or lifestyle is unusually high compared with their income.सम्पत्ति शुद्धीकरण सम्बन्धी कसूरको उजुरी मुलुकी फौजदारी कार्यविधि संहिता, २०७४ को अनुसूची-१ मा जाहेरी दरखास्तका लागि तोकिएको ढाँचामा दिनुपर्छ। कार्यालय प्रमुखले बढीमा पन्ध्र दिनको अवधि दिई प्रारम्भिक जाँचबुझका लागि अधिकृत खटाउँछ र त्यो अवधि एकै पटक वा पटकपटक गरी तीस दिनसम्म थप गर्न सकिन्छ। अनुसन्धानका क्रममा कसैको सम्पत्ति वा जीवनस्तर आयस्रोतको तुलनामा उल्लेख्य रूपमा अस्वाभाविक देखिएमा अनुसन्धान अधिकारीले सम्पत्तिको स्रोत माग गर्न सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rules 37(1), 38(2)-(3) and 42(1), PDF pp. 26-27, 32
  • Nepal Rastra Bank sets the transaction amounts that must be reported, and may set different limits for different kinds of transaction; it must post the limits and any changes on its website. Cash and bearer negotiable instruments declared at customs under Section 29A of the Act must be declared in the Schedule 12 form. Bodies that keep lists of politically exposed persons must classify them and keep each record for at least ten years after the person last left office.रिपोर्ट गर्नुपर्ने कारोबार रकमको सीमा नेपाल राष्ट्र बैङ्कले तोक्छ र कारोबारको प्रकृतिअनुसार फरक फरक सीमा तोक्न सक्छ; सीमा तोक्दा वा हेरफेर गर्दा आफ्नो वेबसाइटमा राख्नुपर्छ। ऐनको दफा २९क. बमोजिम भन्सारमा मुद्रा तथा धारक विनिमेय अधिकारपत्रको उद्घोषण अनुसूची-१२ को ढाँचामा गर्नुपर्छ। उच्च पदस्थ व्यक्तिको विवरण राख्ने निकायले त्यस्ता व्यक्तिलाई वर्गीकरण गरी पछिल्लो पटक पदबाट हटेको मितिले कम्तीमा दश वर्षसम्म विवरण राख्नुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rules 35(1)-(3), 91 and 95(1)-(2), PDF pp. 25, 64-65

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