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Money Services Business Act 2011 · s 39

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s 39Operational requirements

(1)

A licensee who carries on remittance business shall comply with—

(a)

the maximum remittance transaction limit;

(b)

the time frame for outward remittance instructions for disbursement of funds to be conveyed to its correspondent agent;

(c)

the time frame for inward remittance funds to be made available for collection or delivered to the beneficiary; and

(d)

any other requirements, as the Bank may prescribe.

(2)

A licensee who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.

Use of remittance system by a licensee who carries on remittance

Business

*40. (1)

No licensee who carries on remittance business shall utilise a remittance system, whether its own system or a system of a third party, without the prior written approval of the Bank.

*See paragraph 94(1)(d).

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(2)

The remittance system under subsection (1) shall meet the minimum requirements as the Bank may prescribe.

(3)

The Bank, in granting its approval under subsection (1), may impose such conditions as it thinks fit and such conditions shall be complied with by the licensee.

(4)

A licensee who contravenes subsection (1) or (3) commits an offence.