Regulations Governing Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing for Notaries Article 16
This English translation was last updated on 2021-01-25, but the Chinese text was amended on 2024-10-28. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
A notary shall conduct ongoing due diligence on the applicant having business relationship and shall comply with the following requirements:1. A notary shall scrutinize notarization and attestation affairs to ensure that the applications of the applicant are consistent with its business nature and risk profile, and, if necessary, shall understand the source or destination of funds, if necessary.2. A notary shall periodically review whether the information used to identify the identities of applicant and beneficial owner is sufficient, and shall ensure the updating of such information. If the applicant is assessed as high risk, the review shall be conducted at least once every year.3. A notary shall apply due diligence requirements to existing applicant on the basis of its materiality and risk level. When learning of any material change to the applicant's identity and background information, a notary shall take into account whether and when due diligence measures have previously been undertaken and the adequacy of data obtained, and then conduct due diligence on such existing relationships at appropriate times.4. If a notary has doubts about the veracity or adequacy of information of the applicant, or finds that the applicant is involved in suspicious ML/TF transactions, or it appears that the transaction of the applicant or the operating method of its account has any material change which is not consistent with its business nature or is different from the previous one, the notary shall conduct due diligence on the applicant again in accordance with requirements of Article 10, Article 11, Article 13 and Article 14.
中文原文 公證人防制洗錢及打擊資恐辦法第16條
公證人對有業務關係之請求人，應實施持續性之請求人審查，並依下列規定辦理：
一、對公證、認證事務詳細審視，確保請求人所為之請求與其業務性質、風險相符，必要時並應瞭解資金之直接來源或去向。
二、定期檢視辨識請求人及實質受益人身分之資訊是否足夠，並確保該等資訊之更新。
請求人評估為高風險者，應每年至少檢視一次。
三、依重要性及風險程度，對現有之請求人身分資料進行審查。
得知請求人身分與背景資訊有重大變動時，應考量前次審查之時點及所取得資料之適足性後，於適當時機對已存在之往來關係進行審查。
四、對請求人資訊之真實性或妥適性有所懷疑、發現請求人涉及疑似洗錢或資恐交易、請求人之交易、帳戶之運作方式出現與其業務性質不符之重大變動或與前次不同時，應依第十條、第十一條、第十三條及第十四條之規定再次確認身分。
一、對公證、認證事務詳細審視，確保請求人所為之請求與其業務性質、風險相符，必要時並應瞭解資金之直接來源或去向。
二、定期檢視辨識請求人及實質受益人身分之資訊是否足夠，並確保該等資訊之更新。
請求人評估為高風險者，應每年至少檢視一次。
三、依重要性及風險程度，對現有之請求人身分資料進行審查。
得知請求人身分與背景資訊有重大變動時，應考量前次審查之時點及所取得資料之適足性後，於適當時機對已存在之往來關係進行審查。
四、對請求人資訊之真實性或妥適性有所懷疑、發現請求人涉及疑似洗錢或資恐交易、請求人之交易、帳戶之運作方式出現與其業務性質不符之重大變動或與前次不同時，應依第十條、第十一條、第十三條及第十四條之規定再次確認身分。