ALL businesses, groups, committees, employers or anyone who conducts ANY lending activities to any borrower e.g. individual, members, groups, businesses etc., is kindly requested to contact the Reserve Bank immediately no later than Friday 5th February 2021.
The public is hereby reminded that any person, business or group identified to be conducting any kind of moneylending activities who have yet to contact the Reserve Bank to obtain a valid license after the 5th February 2021 commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or both as per section 3(2) of the Moneylenders Act 2018. Please also note that pursuant to section 20 of the Act, all moneylending contracts entered into by anyone who has not yet contact the Reserve Bank to get a license by the due date mentioned above will be deemed unenforceable.
Laiseni ‘o e Kautaha Nō atu ‘a e Pa’anga ‘i Tonga
‘Oku fie ‘oatu heni ‘e he Pangikē Pule Fakafonua ‘o Tonga΄ ‘a e fakamālō kiate kinautolu kotoa pē kuo nau lava mai ‘o lēsisita ‘enau ngaahi kautaha noo΄. Kaekehe, ‘oku fie fakahā atu ai heni ke ‘ilo pea mea’i ‘e he Tonga kotoa, kuo toloi ‘a e taimi ‘e ngata kiai ‘a e lēsisita ‘o e ngaahi Kautaha Nō atu ‘a e Pa’anga΄ ki he ‘aho Falaite 5 ‘o Fepueli 2021. Koia ai ‘oku ‘oatu ai heni ‘a e kole ki he ngaahi kautaha΄ pe pisinisi kotoa pē, ngaahi kulupu΄, ngaahi kōmiti΄, ngaahi ngāue’anga΄ pe ha taha pē ‘oku΄ ne nō atu ha pa’anga KI HA TAHA KOLE NŌ PĒ ‘o kau ki heni ha fa’ahinga taha tāutaha pē, koha kau mēmipa, kulupu, ngaahi pisinisi΄ pe koha taha pē, kemou fetu’utaki mai he vave taha΄ ki he Pangikē Pule΄, ‘i loto he ‘aho Falaite 5 ‘o Fepueli 2021.
‘Oku tuku atu heni ‘a e fakamanatu ki he kakai ‘o e fonua´, ka ‘i ai ha taha, kautaha pe kulupu ‘e ma’u ‘oku΄ ne kei fakahoko ‘a e pisinisi nō atu ‘o e pa’anga΄ ‘i Tonga΄ ni ‘i he hili ‘a e ‘aho 5 ‘o Fepueli 2021, ka ‘oku te’eki ai ke fetu’utaki mai ki he Pangikē Pule´ ke ma’u atu ha’ane laiseni Kautaha Nō Atu ‘o e Pa’anga΄, ‘oku΄ ne fakahoko ‘e ia ‘a e hia pea ‘e malava ke faka’ilo ia ‘o ala mo’ua ‘i ha’ane halaia ki ha mo’ua pa’anga ‘o ‘ikai laka hake ‘i he $10,000 pe ko e ngāue pōpula ki ha vaha’a taimi ‘oku ‘ikai lahi hake ‘i he ta’u ‘e tolu pe fakatou’osi ‘o fakatatau ki he Kupu 3(2) ‘o e Lao Ki he ngaahi Kautaha Nō Atu ‘o e Pa’anga΄ 2018. Kātaki ‘o toe fakatokanga’i ange, fakatatau ki he Kupu 20 ‘o e Lao Ki he ngaahi Kautaha Nō Atu ‘o e Pa’anga΄ ‘e fakata’e’aonga’i ‘a e aleapau nō pa’anga kotoa pē ’e fakahoko ‘e ha taha pe kautaha ‘oku te’eki ke fetu’utaki mai ki he Pangikē Pule΄ ke laiseni ‘i loto ‘i he ‘aho kuo fakahā atu ‘i ‘olunga΄.
