National Anti-Financial Crime Centre Act 2019

This Act may be cited as the National Anti-Financial

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette, and the Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Act.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“enforcement agency” includes any department of any ministry, body or agency that is for the time being conferred with enforcement powers under any written laws relating to financial crime;

“document” has the same meaning assigned to it under the

Evidence Act 1950 [Act 56];

“Government Entity” includes any ministry, department, office, agency, authority, commission, committee, board, council or other body, corporate or unincorporated, of the Federal Government, whether established under written law or otherwise;

“Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee established under subsection 10(1);

“financial crime” means the offences listed in the Schedule;

“Director General” and “Deputy Director General” means the

Director General and Deputy Director General of the National

Anti-Financial Crime Centre appointed under subsections 12(1)

and (2) respectively;

“Advisory Board” means the Advisory Board established under subsection 5(1).