Legal Profession (Prevention of Money Laundering, Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Financing) Rules 2015 · As enacted · Part 2 · Customer Due Diligence Measures
16. Tipping-off
Feedback & supportLast amended by an amending law of 2025.
Where a legal practitioner or law practice —
suspects that a client may be engaged in money laundering, the financing of terrorism or proliferation financing; and
has reason to believe that the performance of any customer due diligence measures prescribed in this Part will tip-off the client, any person acting on behalf of the client or any person on whose behalf the client is acting,the legal practitioner or law practice —
need not perform those customer due diligence measures; but(d)must instead file a suspicious transaction report with either or both of the following, as the case may be:
a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer;
a police officer or Commercial Affairs Officer.