Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations

120.1 (1) A British Columbia notary public, British Columbia notary corporation, accountant, accounting firm, real estate broker or sales representative, real estate developer, dealer in precious metals and precious stones or department or agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada or agent or mandatary of Her Majesty in right of a province shall take reasonable measures to determine whether a person with whom they enter into a business relationship is a politically exposed foreign person, a politically exposed domestic person, a head of an international organization, a family member — referred to in subsection 2(1) — of one of those persons or a person who is closely associated with a politically exposed foreign person.

(2) A British Columbia notary public, British Columbia notary corporation, accountant, accounting firm, real estate broker or sales representative, real estate developer, dealer in precious metals and precious stones or department or agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada or agent or mandatary of Her Majesty in right of a province shall periodically take reasonable measures to determine whether a person with whom they have a business relationship is a politically exposed foreign person, a politically exposed domestic person, a head of an international organization, a family member — referred to in subsection 2(1) — of one of those persons or a person who is closely associated with a politically exposed foreign person.

(3) A British Columbia notary public, British Columbia notary corporation, accountant, accounting firm, real estate broker or sales representative, real estate developer, dealer in precious metals and precious stones or department or agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada or agent or mandatary of Her Majesty in right of a province shall take reasonable measures to determine whether a person from whom they receive an amount of $100,000 or more, in cash or in virtual currency, is a politically exposed foreign person, a politically exposed domestic person or a head of an international organization, or a family member — referred to in subsection 2(1) — of, or a person who is closely associated with, one of those persons.

(4) If a British Columbia notary public, British Columbia notary corporation, accountant, accounting firm, real estate broker or sales representative, real estate developer, dealer in precious metals and precious stones or department or agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada or agent or mandatary of Her Majesty in right of a province — or any of their employees or officers — detects a fact that constitutes reasonable grounds to suspect that a person with whom they have a business relationship is a politically exposed foreign person, a politically exposed domestic person or a head of an international organization, or a family member — referred to in subsection 2(1) — of, or a person who is closely associated with, one of those persons, the person or entity shall take reasonable measures to determine whether they are such a person.