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In a rare dis­play of com­plete bi­par­ti­san con­sen­sus, the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives on Fri­day ap­proved the Mis­cel­la­neous Pro­vi­sions (FATF Com­pli­ance) Bill, 2026, with all 36 mem­bers present vot­ing in favour and none vot­ing against.

At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie out­lined that the bill amends a broad range of leg­is­la­tion con­nect­ed to an­ti-mon­ey laun­der­ing, counter-ter­ror­ism fi­nanc­ing, and reg­u­la­to­ry over­sight—key ar­eas iden­ti­fied un­der the Fi­nan­cial Ac­tion Task Force (FATF) com­pli­ance frame­work.

Among the laws amend­ed were: Trustee Or­di­nance (1939); Pro­ceeds of Crime Act; Po­lice Ser­vice Act; Reg­is­tra­tion of Clubs Act; FIU of T&T Act; Com­pa­nies Act; Part­ner­ship Act; Reg­is­tra­tion of Busi­ness Names Act; Li­cens­ing of Deal­ers in Pre­cious Met­als and Stones Act; Non-Prof­it Or­gan­i­sa­tions Act (2019) and Counter Pro­lif­er­a­tion Fi­nanc­ing Act (2025).