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ACT VII OF 2010 ACT VII OF 2010 ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ACT, 2010 An Act to provide for prevention of money laundering [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 27th March 2009] No.F.9 (4)/2010-Legis., dated 27-3-2010.--The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on 26th March, 2010, is hereby published for general information: Whereas, it is expedient to provide for prevention of money laundering combating financing of terrorism and forfeiture of property derived from, or involved in, money laundering or financing of terrorism and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto; It is hereby enacted as follows:-- 30. Attachment, seizure and forfeiture etc., of property in a contracting State or Pakistan.--(1) Where the Investigating Officer has made an order for attachment of any property under section 8 or where the court has made an order confirming such attachment or forfeiture of any property under section 9 and such property is suspected to be in a contracting State, the Court on an application by the Investigating Officer, may issue a letter of request to a Court or an authority in the contracting State for execution of such order. (2) Where a letter of request is received by the Federal Government from a court in a contracting State requesting attachment or forfeiture of the property in Pakistan derived or obtained, directly or indirectly, by any person from the commission of an offence under section 3 committed in that contracting State, the Federal Government may forward such letter of request to the investigating agency, as it thinks fit, for execution in accordance with the provisions of this Act or permit execution of the request in the manner sought by the contracting State so long as doing so would not violate Laws of Pakistan or is, in any manner, not prejudicial to the sovereignty, security, national interest or public order. (3) The Federal Government may, on receipt of a letter of request under section 27 or section 28, direct any investigating agency under this Act to take all steps necessary for tracing and identifying such property. (4) The steps referred to in subsection (3) may include any inquiry, investigation of survey in respect of any person, place, property, assets, documents, books of accounts in any bank or financial institution or any other relevant matters. (5) Any inquiry, investigation, or survey referred to in sub-section (4) shall be carried out by an agency mentioned in subsection (3) in accordance with such directions issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (6) The provisions of this Act relating to attachment, adjudication, forfeiture vesting of property in the Federal Government, survey, search and seizures shall apply to the property in respect of which letter of request is received from a court or contracting State for attachment or forfeiture of property.