Belize

Provides for the regulation of securities business. It covers marketplaces and self-regulatory organisations (Part III), registration of securities business (Part IV), prospectuses (Part VI), continuing obligations of public issuers (Part VII), take-over bids (Part IX), mutual funds (Part XI) and misconduct offences such as market manipulation (Part XII). Section 2 lists protection of investors from fraudulent practices among its purposes. Assented to on 29 November 2021 and gazetted on 30 November 2021; the text read contains no sustainability or climate disclosure requirement.

Statute under which the Central Bank of Belize was established in 1982, according to the Bank's page. The page lists amendment Acts from 2016 to 2025, the latest being Act No. 15 of 2025. The chapter number (262) is taken from the PDF file name.

General criminal law. Section 13 defines 'intent to defraud' and s. 165A creates an 'Offence of fraud'. Other offences include obtaining property, a money transfer, a pecuniary advantage or services by deception (ss. 153-157), false accounting (s. 162), false statements by company directors (s. 164), forgery and uttering false documents (ss. 175-182), and bribery and corruption of officers (ss. 284, 289-291, 300). Only the section headings were read; the section texts were not.

Creates offences of illegal access to a computer system or data (ss. 3-4), illegal data and system interference (ss. 5-6), computer-related forgery (s. 8), identity-related fraud and theft (ss. 9-10) and related offences. Section 14 requires service providers to store traffic data and subscriber information. The text read has no incident-reporting or data-protection provision. The revised edition cites Act No. 32 of 2020 and shows the date 5 October 2020 without labelling it as commencement.

Section 3 establishes the Financial Intelligence Unit with perpetual succession and operational independence. Section 7(1) sets its functions, starting with investigating and prosecuting financial crimes, and s. 19(1)(b) requires the Director to submit an annual report to the Minister on or before 30 June. The FIU site also lists the Financial Intelligence Unit (Amendment) Act, Act No. 26 of 2023.

Gives the Central Bank supervisory and licensing powers over international banks, in two classes: 'A' (unrestricted) and 'B' (restricted), each with minimum capital stated on the Bank's page. It began as the Offshore Banking Act, 1996 and was renamed by the 2002 amendment. Amendments are listed for 2017, 2020 and 2023.

Gives the Central Bank power to establish, regulate and oversee the national payment system, to license payment service providers and operators, and to issue regulations and guidelines. The Bank's page states the Act was enacted on 3 February 2017 and lists an Amendment Act of 2023 and National Payment System Regulations, 2024. The chapter number is taken from the PDF file name.

Designates the Governor of the Central Bank as Registrar of Credit Unions (s. 5) and sets regulatory requirements for credit unions, with administrative penalties for non-compliance. Section 61 lets the Registrar appoint an Administrator and, under s. 61(6)(d), direct the removal of a director or officer. The Central Bank page lists the Credit Unions (Amendment) Act No. 21 of 2023 and Requirements issued under section 51(7) between 2013 and 2020.

Main AML/CFT/CPF statute. It sets customer identification and due diligence (s. 15), record keeping (s. 16), suspicious transaction reporting (s. 17), compliance programme and officer duties (ss. 18 and 18A), the role of supervisory authorities (s. 21) and sanctions and pecuniary penalties (ss. 22 and 22A). The FIU's DNFBP Regulations cite it as the Money Laundering and Terrorism (Prevention) Act, No. 18 of 2008. The consolidated text is described by its host as an unofficial consolidation; the FIU lists amending Acts of 2013, 2014, 2021 and 2023, and the FSC lists a 2026 amendment.