The Saeima¹ has adopted and
the President has proclaimed the following law:

On the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism

Section 1. The International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism of 9 December 1999 (hereinafter - the Convention) is accepted and approved by this Law.

Section 2. The Law shall come into force on the day of its proclamation. The Convention in English and its translation into Latvian shall be proclaimed concurrently with this Law.

Section 3. In accordance with Article 2(2) of the Convention, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the international agreements which are deemed not to be included in the annex of the Convention in respect of the Republic of Latvia.

Section 4. In accordance with Article 7(3) of the Convention, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the fact that the Republic of Latvia may establish jurisdiction over all of the offences provided for in Article 7(2).

Section 5. The Office of the Prosecutor General shall inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the cases referred to in Article 9(6) of the Convention.

Section 6. The Ministry of Justice shall inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the cases referred to in Article 19 of the Convention.

Section 7. The Convention shall enter into force within the time period and according to the procedures laid down in Article 26 thereof, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall notify of it in the newspaper Latvijas Vēstnesis.

Section 8. Fulfilment of the obligations provided for in the Convention shall be coordinated by the Crime and Corruption Prevention Council.

The Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 26 September 2002.

President V. Vīķe-Freiberga

Rīga, 9 October 2002

¹ The Parliament of the Republic of Latvia

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