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Article 43

No: 14525 Date(g): 8/11/2017 | Date(h): 19/2/1439 Status: In-Force
 1-the Public Prosecution, either upon its own motion or upon request by the criminal investigating officer, may order that any person or FIs -through the supervisory authority-or DNFBPs or NPOs provide records, document or information. The requested entity shall execute the order as specified in the order, accurately, and without delay. The Implementing Regulation of this law shall clarify the relevant mechanisms.
 2-Whoever has been served with an order under Sup (1) in this Article shall not disclose to any person the existence or operation of the order, except where such a disclosure is made to other staff or members of the management for the purpose of obtaining advice or determining steps to comply with the order.

43/1

The supervisory authority, when receiving request from the public prosecution to provide records, documents, or information subject to confidentiality, shall, without delay and prior notice to the party concerned, forward the order to the financial institution, requesting it to produce the requested records, documents or information within the timeframe and in the manner and form as stipulated in the order.

43/2

Immediately upon receiving of the produced records, document or information, the supervisory authority shall notify the Public Prosecution of that fact and provide the produced records, documents or information, as and within the timeframe stipulated by the Public Prosecution.

43/3

The supervisory authority shall not have any power to review any orders issued by the Public Prosecution on the merits, to refuse its assistance in the implementation of any particular order, or to filter or withhold any records, documents or information produced by the financial institution.