The Committee on Legal Policy recommends that the Verkhovna Rada adopt the draft law (No. 9235) on certain issues of disclosure of banking secrecy and measures to establish custody of the property of a missing person, the press service of the Ukrainian parliament’s apparatus reports.
The draft law proposes to amend the Civil Code and the laws “On Notaries”, “On Banks and Banking” and “On the Legal Status of Persons Missing in Special Circumstances”.
The draft law, in particular, defines the procedure for notaries to establish guardianship over the property of an individual who has been declared missing or a person who has gone missing under special circumstances. The draft law expands the list of persons to whom banks may disclose information constituting bank secrecy. In particular, it provides for its disclosure at the request of notaries to perform a notarial act to take measures to establish guardianship over the property of an individual who has been declared missing or a person who has gone missing under special circumstances.
The adoption of the draft law will allow family members of an individual who has been declared missing or missing under special circumstances to receive a notarized certificate of guardianship over the property of such persons. The law will also ensure the protection of the rights and interests of Ukraine in foreign jurisdictions in cases related to compensation for damage caused as a result of an international armed conflict in the country.
On May 23, the Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading a draft law amending certain laws on certain issues of disclosure of banking secrecy.
