All moneylending contracts entered into by a person or business without a valid license by the end of January 2021 will be deemed unenforceable.
Any person or business who conduct moneylending business without a valid license after the 29th January 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.
’Oku ‘oatu ‘a e fanongonongo΄ ni ko ha fakamanatu mei΄ he Pangikē Pule Fakafonua ‘o Tonga΄ ki he tokotaha pe kautaha kotoa pē ‘oku nau fakahoko ‘a e pisinisi ‘o e nō atu ‘o e pa’anga΄, ke mou fetu’utaki mai ki he Pangikē Pule′ he vave taha΄. ‘E lava ai kemou ma’u atu e fakaikiiki ki he founga ‘a hono ma’u atu ha laiseni pea ke laiseni ‘a ho’o mou ngaahi kautaha nō′ ‘o ‘ikai toe tōmui ange ‘i he ‘aho Falaite 29 Sanuali 2021. Kātaki ‘o fakatokanga’i ange ‘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 he faka’osinga ‘o Sanuali 2021.
Ko ha taha pe kautaha tene kei fakahoko ‘a e pisinisi nō atu ‘o e pa’anga΄ ‘i Tonga ni ‘i he hili ‘a e ‘aho 29 ‘o Sanuali 2021, ka ‘oku ‘ikai ‘i ai ha’ane laiseni Kautaha Nō Atu ‘o e Pa’anga΄, ‘oku΄ ne fakahoko ‘e ia ‘a e hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo’ua ‘i ha’ane halaia ki ha mo’ua pa’anga ‘o ‘ikai laka hake ‘i he $10,000 pē ki he ngāue popula ki ha vaha’a taimi ‘oku ‘ikai lahi hake ‘i he ta’u ‘e tolu pe fakatou’osi.
