Statutes section 137

Section 137

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137. (1) Mmatlisisi o ka, ka maitlhomo a go dira patlisiso, dira nngwe ya tse di latelang:

(a) Go tsena mo lefelong lengwe le lengwe—

(i) ka tumelelo ya pele ya—

(aa) mabapi le tulo ya poraefete, motho yo onnang mo tulong ya poraefete kgotsa karolo ya tulo ya poraefete e go tla tsenwang mo go yona; kgotsa

(bb) mo lebakeng la ditulo dingwe le dingwe, motho yo o ka tswang a le mo taolong ya ditulo,

morago ga go itsise motho yoo gore—

(AA) go abelana ka tumelelo go tla kgontsha mmatlisisi go tsena mo tulong le gore mmatlisisi a phuruphutse ditulo jaaka go kailwe mo temanataleletsong (b) kgotsa (c), le go dira sengwe le sengwe se se tlhalositsweng mo karolotaleletsong (6); le

(BB) ga a patelesege go amogela mmatlisisi fa thebolo e seyo; kgotsa

(ii) ntle le tumelelo eo le ntle le tumelelo ya pele go motho mongwe le mongwe—

(aa) fa go tsena go letleletswe ka thebolo; kgotsa

(bb) ka taolo ya pele ya tlhogo ya bolaodi jwa lephata la ditshelete kgotsa modirimmogo yo mogolo wa bolaodi jwa lephata la ditshelete yo o romilweng go dira tiro, fa tlhogo ya bolaodi jwa lephata la ditshelete kgotsa modirimmogo yo mogolo a dumela ka mabaka a a utlwalang gore—

(AA) thebolo e tla rebolwa ka fa tlase ga karolo 138(1) fa e diretswe kopo;

(BB) tiego mo go fitlhelelng thebolo e ka ama maitlhomo a kopo e e dirilweng mabapi le go tsena mo ditulong; le

(CC) go botlhokwa go tsena mo ditulong go dira dipatlisiso le diphuruphutso jaaka go kailwe mo temaneng (b) kgotsa (c), le go dira sengwe le sengwe se se tlhalositsweng mo karolotaleletsong (6);

(b) fa patlisiso e le e e kailweng mo karolong 135(1)(a), go phuruphutsa lefelo go batla sengwe le sengwe se se ka thusang ka bosupi jwa tlolo ya molao wa lephata la ditshelete; kgotsa

(2) Taolo ya mmatlisisi go ya ka karolotaleletso (1)(a) go tsena mo lefelong e tlamela gape ka taolo ya mmatlisisi ya go phuruphutsa mo mafelong jaaka go tlhalositswe mo karolotaleletsong (1)(b) kgotsa (c), le go dira sengwe le sengwe se se kailweng mo karolotaleletsong (6).

(3) Mmatlisisi yo o dirisang dithata go ya ka karolo eno o tshwanetse go dira seno ka keletlhoko e kgolo go—

(a) tshwanelo ya moamegi ya—

(i) seriti;

(ii) kgololosego le tshireletsego;

(iii) bosephiri jwa bowena; le

(iv) ditshwanelo tse dingwe tsa semolaotheo; le

(b) tshiamo le tolamo jaaka maemo a letla, segolosegolo ka—

(i) go tsena le go phuruphutsa felo mo mafelong ao le maikaelelo ao jaaka go tlhokega ka mabaka mabapi le maitlhomo a patlisiso;

(ii) go phuruphutsa ka tidimalo le ka nepagalo e e maleba;

(iii) go dira gore go se nne le kgoreletsego e kgolo; le

(iv) go konosetsa patlisiso ka bonako jo bo kgonegang.

(4) Tseno kgotsa phuruphotso mo lefelong go ya ka Karolo eno e tshwanetse go dirwa ka nako e e maleba mo dinakong tse di tlwaelegileng tsa tiro—

(a) ntle le fa thebolo e e nayang tetla e letleela gore go tsenwe bosigo; kgotsa

(b) mo lebakeng la phuruphutso e e tlhalositsweng mo karolotaleletsong (1)(a)(ii)(bb), fa mmatlisisi ka mabaka a a utlwalang a dumela gore maitlhomo a tseno kgotsa phuruphutso e a diretsweng, a ka angwa ke tiego, mo nakong e e gaufi le dinako tse di tlwaegileng tsa tiro jaaka maemo a letla go ya ka mabaka.

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No. 41060

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22 AUGUST 2017

Act No. 9 of 2017

Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017

(5) An investigator may be accompanied and assisted during the entry and search of any premises for an investigation by a police officer or a person appointed in terms of section 134.

(6) (a) While on the premises in terms of this section, an investigator, for the purpose of conducting the investigation, has the right of access to any part of the premises and to any document or item on the premises, and may do any of the following:

(i) Open or cause to be opened any strongroom, safe, cabinet or other container in which the investigator reasonably suspects there is a document or item that may afford evidence of the contravention concerned or be relevant to the request;

(ii) examine, make extracts from and copy any document on the premises;

(iii) question any person on the premises to find out information relevant to the investigation;

(iv) require a person on the premises to produce to the investigator any document or item that is relevant to the investigation and is in the possession or under the control of the person;

(v) require a person on the premises to operate any computer or similar system on or available through the premises to—

(aa) search any information in or available through that system; and

(bb) produce a record of that information in any media that the investigator reasonably requires;

(vi) if it is not practicable or appropriate to make a requirement in terms of subparagraph (v), operate any computer or similar system on or available through the premises for a purpose set out in that subparagraph; and

(vii) take possession of, and take from the premises, a document or item that may afford evidence of the contravention concerned or be relevant to the request.

(b) An investigator must give the person apparently in charge of the premises a written receipt for documents or items taken as mentioned in paragraph (a)(vii).

(c) Subject to paragraph (d), the investigator must ensure that any document or item taken by the investigator as mentioned in paragraph (a)(vii) is returned to the person when—

(i) retention of the document or item is no longer necessary to achieve the object of the investigation; or

(ii) all proceedings arising out the investigation have been finally disposed of.

(d) A document or item need not be returned to the person who produced it if —

(i) the document or item has been handed over to a designated authority; or

(ii) it is not in the best interest of the public or any member or members of the public for the documents or items to be returned.

(e) A person from whose premises a document or item was taken as mentioned in paragraph (a)(vii), or its authorised representative, may, during normal office hours and under the supervision of the financial sector regulator, examine, copy and make extracts from the document or item.

(7) An investigator, and any person assisting an investigator as mentioned in subsection (5), may use reasonable force to exercise any power in terms of this section.

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