Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act

Marginal note:Corrective measures

• 24.1 (1) The Minister, or any officer delegated by the President for the purposes of this section, may, within 90 days after a seizure made under subsection 18(1) or an assessment of a penalty referred to in subsection 18(2),

  • (a) cancel the seizure, or cancel or refund the penalty, if the Minister is satisfied that there was no contravention; or

  • (b) reduce the penalty or refund the excess amount of the penalty collected if there was a contravention but the Minister considers that there was an error with respect to the penalty assessed or collected, and that the penalty should be reduced.

• Marginal note:Interest

  (2) If an amount is refunded to a person or entity under paragraph (1)(a), the person or entity shall be given interest on that amount at the prescribed rate for the period beginning on the day after the day on which the amount was paid by that person or entity and ending on the day on which it was refunded.