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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997 - SECT 11

Public money not to be paid into non-official account

                   An official or Minister must not deposit public money in any account other than an official account. For this purpose, money includes cheques and similar instruments.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 7 years.

Note:          Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.


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