Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions)
Ordinance
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
Ordinance No. 15 of 2011
An Ordinance to provide for the imposition of requirements relating to customer due diligence and record-keeping on specified financial institutions; to provide for the powers of the relevant authorities to supervise compliance with those requirements and other requirements under this Ordinance; to provide for the regulation of the operation of a money service and the licensing of money service operators; to establish a review tribunal to review certain decisions made by the relevant authorities under this Ordinance; and to provide for incidental and related matters.
Enacted by the Legislative Council.
Part 1
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions) Ordinance.
(2) Subject to subsection (4), this Ordinance, except this section, comes into operation on 1 April 2012.