Confidentiality of Trust Register

(1) The Register shall not be open for public inspection except that the trustee or the trust agent of a trust may in writing authorise a person to inspect the entry of that trust on the (2) The Registrar shall not disclose any information contained in the Register to any person without the trustee’s or trust agent’s written authorisation, except where a written request is made to him by the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Director, Financial Intelligence Unit, the Commissioner of Police or other regulatory or enforcement authority, certifying that such information is reasonably required to facilitate a criminal investigation, prosecution or proceeding, whether in Belize or elsewhere, including an investigation into locating the proceeds of crime and any proceedings for the enforcement of a confiscation or forfeiture order made in Belize or elsewhere. (3) The Registrar may by notice in writing to the trustee or the trust agent or the protector, if any, require the trustee or the trust agent or the protector, if any, to provide to the Registrar, at a time as may be specified, any information or documentation which the Registrar may reasonably require for ensuring that the trust complies with the provisions of this Act or for any other fit and proper cause. (4) Any power conferred by virtue of sub-section (3) require a trustee or the trust agent or the protector, if any, to produce any document or information shall include a power to take copies thereof or extracts there from. 58 (5) Where a trustee or the trust agent or the protector, if any, fails to supply the information or to produce any document when required to do so by the Registrar, the Registrar may, in accordance with section 65B (8), cancel the registration of the CAP. 55.