Seminar on financial transactions reporting on 3 August

The Asia Pathfinder Legal Consultancy Services on 3 August will conduct a seminar/workshop to familiarise and assist companies comply with new obligations of reporting suspicious transactions, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Movenpick Hotel Colombo 3.

These new rules are brought in through the operation of Extraordinary Gazzette Notification No. 2015/56 dated 21 April, issued by the Minister of Finance expanding the scope of section 29 read with section 7 of the Financial Transactions Reporting Act. No 6 of 2006. 

Casinos, real estate agents, money changes are a few categories that will come under the new reporting requirement under this gazette notification  

The main presentation will be made by Dr. Dayanath Jayasuriya and the panellists are Yasantha Kodagoda PC, Kalinga Indatissa PC and attorney Malik Cader. For more information/registration, please call Lara – 077 071 5595/Yamuna – 0774211286.