Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010

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Money laundering outside State in certain circumstances.

8.— (1) A person who, in a place outside the State, engages in conduct that would, if the conduct occurred in the State, constitute an offence under section 7 commits an offence if any of the following circumstances apply:

(a) the conduct takes place on board an Irish ship, within the meaning of section 9 of the Mercantile Marine Act 1955,

(b) the conduct takes place on an aircraft registered in the State,

(c) the conduct constitutes an offence under the law of that place and the person is—

(i) an individual who is a citizen of Ireland or ordinarily resident in the State, or

(ii) a body corporate established under the law of the State or a company registered under the Companies Acts,

(d) a request for the person’s surrender, for the purpose of trying him or her for an offence in respect of the conduct, has been made under Part II of the Extradition Act 1965 by any country and the request has been finally refused (whether or not as a result of a decision of a court), or

(e) a F8[relevant arrest warrant] has been received from an issuing state for the purpose of bringing proceedings against the person for an offence in respect of the conduct, and a final determination has been made that—

(i) the F8[relevant arrest warrant] should not be endorsed for execution in the State under the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003, or

(ii) the person should not be surrendered to the issuing state.

(2) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding €5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months (or both), or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years (or both).

(3) A person who has his or her principal residence in the State for the 12 months immediately preceding the commission of an offence under this section is, in a case where subsection (1)(c) applies, taken to be ordinarily resident in the State on the date of the commission of the offence.

(4) In this section, “F8[relevant arrest warrant]” and “issuing state” have the same meanings as they have in the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003.

Annotations

Amendments:

F8

Substituted by (30.03.2021) European Union (European Arrest Warrant Act 2003) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 150 of 2021), reg. 40(a), (b) in effect as per reg. 1(2).

F9

Substituted by Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (43/2014), s. 68 and sch. 4, not commenced as of date of revision.

Modifications (not altering text):

C5

Prospective affecting provision: subs. (1)(a) amended by Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (43/2014), s. 68 and sch. 4, not commenced as of date of revision.

Money laundering outside State in certain circumstances.

8.— (1) A person who, in a place outside the State, engages in conduct that would, if the conduct occurred in the State, constitute an offence under section 7 commits an offence if any of the following circumstances apply:

(a) the conduct takes place on board an Irish ship, within the meaning of F9[section 33 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014],

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