BC-5.1.7
If the Agency does receive notification as contemplated in paragraph BC-5.1.5 above for a particular customer on the Control List, or if a customer is deemed to be an abuser of cheques within paragraph BC-5.1.4 or paragraph BC-5.1.6 above, such customer (herein referred to as an 'abuser of cheques') will be penalised as follows. Using Appendix BC 3, on the second working day of the calendar month following the receipt of the information referred to above, the Agency will circulate a draft list to FCBs. FCBs will be requested to check the accuracy of this list by reference to the information they have sent to the Agency in accordance with paragraph BC-5.1.5 above, and to notify the Agency within a maximum period of one week of receiving the list of any inaccuracies on that list. The list, as amended if appropriate, will be circulated to FCBs by the Agency on the second working day after it receives all responses from FCBs, and will direct the FCB(s) which has/have reported an abuser of cheques to withdraw all cheque books held by that abuser of cheques, and to close such person's current account(s) by transferring any balances therein to savings and/or any other accounts held with that/those FCB(s). Furthermore, that FCB(s) must not provide current account facilities to that abuser of cheques for the twelve calendar month period immediately following the date of issue of the relevant list. All other FCBs should, within a maximum period of one month after the issue of the relevant list, also withdraw current account facilities from that abuser of cheques for the same twelve calendar month period. FCBs will be entitled to recover any amounts due to them from abusers of cheques as a result of compliance with this system by availing of their set-off rights under Bahrain Law.