DID YOU KNOW THAT?

Before you can enjoy the services of a Hotel or a Casino, you will be required to identify yourself once the service providers ask you to do so.

Financial Institutions and Designated Non-Financial Institutions, of which Hotels and Casinos are in the latter group, are required by Section 3 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Amendment Act 2012, to ensure that they Identify all their Customers, using verifiable public identification documents like a Driver’s License, National Identity Card, International Passport, etc, bearing the Customer’s name and address before rendering any service to the Customer.

Financial Institutions and Designated Non-Financial Institutions are further required to preserve and keep the record of their Customer’s Identification data for a period of at least five (5) years after the closure of the Customer’s accounts, or the cessation or severance of relations with any such customer.

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