Bill Type
Long Title
FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBER 9160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ACT OF 2001", AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERS 9194, 10167 AND 10365, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
January 18, 2017
Scope

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB04786
FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBER 9160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ACT OF 2001", AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERS 9194, 10167 AND 10365, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
ABSTRACT : Introduces major amendments among others, as follows: 1) to include casinos, real estate brokers, art dealers, and motor vehicle dealers as covered persons; 2) to change nomenclature for the covered person "jewelry dealers" in precious metals and stones to "dealers" in precious metals and stones, and including jewelry dealers as a separate covered persons; 3) to provide for a definition of covered transactions as "cash" transactions amounting to P500,000.00 only; 4) to designate the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas as the Supervising Authority of foreign exchange dealers, money changers, and remittance and money transfer businesses, for purposes of the AMLA; 5) to include new unlawful activities under Sec.30(i) of the AMLA, such as violations of firearms and ammunitions regulation act, cybercrime, violations of strategic trade management act (re: weapons of mass destruction, and tax evasion; etc.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : GONZALES, AURELIO "DONG" JR. D.
DATE FILED : 2017-01-18
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Bravo (M.) (079 2017-03-07) 2. De Venecia (095 2017-05-29)
3. Nieto (096 2017-05-30)
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS:
      1. Deliberated upon by the Mother Committee on 2017-05-16
      2. Committee Report filed on 2017-05-17
MOTHER BILL: HB05663
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES ON 2017-01-24

Abstract

Introduces major amendments among others, as follows: 1) to include casinos, real estate brokers, art dealers, and motor vehicle dealers as covered persons; 2) to change nomenclature for the covered person "jewelry dealers" in precious metals and stones to "dealers" in precious metals and stones, and including jewelry dealers as a separate covered persons; 3) to provide for a definition of covered transactions as "cash" transactions amounting to P500,000.00 only; 4) to designate the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas as the Supervising Authority of foreign exchange dealers, money changers, and remittance and money transfer businesses, for purposes of the AMLA; 5) to include new unlawful activities under Sec.30(i) of the AMLA, such as violations of firearms and ammunitions regulation act, cybercrime, violations of strategic trade management act (re: weapons of mass destruction, and tax evasion; etc

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