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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
35- Account information
(1) This section applies where the Secretary of State receives a request from an authority men-
tioned in subsection (2) for account information to be obtained in relation to an investigation in a
participating country into criminal conduct.
(2) The authority referred to in subsection (1) is the authority in that country which appears to
the Secretary of State to have the function of making requests of the kind to which this section
applies.
(3) The Secretary of State may—
(a) direct a senior police officer to apply, or arrange for a constable to apply, for an ac-
count monitoring order,
(b) direct a senior customs officer to apply, or arrange for a customs officer to apply, for
such an order.
(4) An account monitoring order is an order made by a judge that a financial institution spe-
cified in the application for the order must, for the period stated in the order, provide account
information of the description specified in the order to the applicant in the manner, and at or by
the time or times, stated in the order.
(5) Account information is information relating to an account or accounts held at the financial
institution specified in the application by the person so specified (whether solely or jointly with
another).
(6) An account monitoring order has effect in spite of any restriction on the disclosure of in-
formation (however imposed).
(7) Account information obtained in pursuance of an account monitoring order is to be given
to the Secretary of State and sent by him to the authority which made the request.
36- Making, varying or discharging account monitoring orders
(1) A judge may make an account monitoring order, on an application made to him in pursu-
ance of a direction under section 35(3), if he is satisfied that—
(a) there is an investigation in the country in question into criminal conduct, and
(b) the order is sought for the purposes of the investigation.