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64 published document(s) from Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.
| Citation | Status | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Banks and Trust Companies (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 14 of 2023) | Superseded | This is a short amending Act that updates the Banks and Trust Companies Act (2021 Revision) so that its references align with the new Beneficial Ownership… |
| Banks and Trust Companies Act (2025 Revision) | In force | This is the consolidated Banks and Trust Companies Act (2025 Revision), the core Cayman Islands statute governing licensing and prudential regulation of b… |
| Beneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2025 (Act 11 of 2025) | Superseded | This is Act 11 of 2025, an amendment to the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (the 'principal Act'), passed by the Cayman Islands Parliament in… |
| Beneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act 3 of 2025) | Superseded | This is an amendment act that makes technical and substantive changes to the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (the principal Act) governing Cay… |
| Beneficial Ownership Transparency (Amendment) Bill, 2024 | Draft | This is a draft Bill that would amend the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (the "principal Act"), which governs how Cayman Islands legal person… |
| Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act (2026 Revision) | In force | This is the consolidated and revised text (2026 Revision) of the Cayman Islands' Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, which merges the original 2023 Act… |
| Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (Act 13 of 2023) | Superseded | This Act consolidates and updates the Cayman Islands' beneficial ownership disclosure framework, replacing the previous patchwork of beneficial ownership… |
| Building Societies Law (2020 Revision) | In force | This is the consolidated 2020 Revision of the Cayman Islands' Building Societies Law, which sets out the framework for the incorporation, governance, regu… |
| Companies (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2024 (Act 11 of 2024) | Superseded | This Act amends the Companies Act (2023 Revision) to introduce a formal company name reservation process, overhaul the rules for reinstating struck-off co… |
| Companies (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 15 of 2023) | Superseded | The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 15 of 2023) is a short amending statute that removes the beneficial ownership register regime from the Companies… |
| Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 (Act 3 of 2024) | Superseded | This is an amendment Act that makes a series of technical changes to the Cayman Islands Companies Act (2023 Revision). It introduces a new streamlined met… |
| Companies Act (2026 Revision) | In force | This is the official 2026 Revision of the Cayman Islands Companies Act, the principal statute governing the formation, structure, management, and winding… |
| Companies Management (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2023 (Act 16 of 2023) | Superseded | This is a short amendment act that updates cross-references in the Companies Management Act (2021 Revision) so that they point to the new Beneficial Owner… |
| Companies Management (Amendment) Act, 2024 (Act 12 of 2024) | Superseded | This is a short amendment act that changes the Companies Management Act (2024 Revision) so that the fee paid when applying for a companies management lice… |
| Companies Management Act (2025 Revision) | In force | This is the consolidated 2025 Revision of the Cayman Islands Companies Management Act, which regulates persons and firms that provide 'business of company… |
| Cooperative Societies Law (2020 Revision) | In force | This document is the consolidated 2020 Revision of the Cayman Islands' Cooperative Societies Law, which sets out the legal framework for registering, oper… |
| Development Bank Law (2018 Revision) | In force | This is the consolidated 2018 Revision of the Development Bank Law, which establishes the Cayman Islands Development Bank as a body corporate and sets out… |
| Directors Registration and Licensing (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 3 of 2023) | In force | This is a short amending Act that changes the Directors Registration and Licensing Act, 2014 (the primary law governing registration/licensing of director… |
| Directors Registration and Licensing (Amendment) Law, 2015 (Law 5 of 2015) | In force | This is a short amendment to the Cayman Islands' Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014. It does two things. First, it rewrites section 27(5) of t… |
| Directors Registration and Licensing (Amendment) Law, 2019 (Law 7 of 2019) | In force | This is a very short amending law that makes a single technical change to the Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014. It alters the definition of… |
| Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014 (Law 10 of 2014) | In force | This is the Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014 (Law 10 of 2014), a Cayman Islands statute that created registration and licensing regimes for… |
| Dormant Accounts Law (2011 Revision) | In force | This is the Dormant Accounts Law (2011 Revision), a Cayman Islands statute that governs how financial institutions handle accounts that have been inactive… |
| Foundation Companies Act (2025 Revision) | In force | This is the consolidated, in-force text of the Cayman Islands Foundation Companies Act (2025 Revision), which sets out the legal framework for a special t… |
| Freedom of Information Act (2021 Revision) | In force | This document is the consolidated text of the Cayman Islands' Freedom of Information Act (2021 Revision), which sets out the general public right to acces… |
| Insurance (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2023 (Act 18 of 2023) | In force | This is a short Cayman Islands statute that amends the Insurance Act, 2010 purely to update cross-references to reflect the new consolidated beneficial ow… |
| Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 5 of 2022) | In force | This Act amends the Insurance Act, 2010 to bring 'capital redemption contracts' (sometimes called 'funding agreements') within the scope of Cayman Islands… |
| Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 4 of 2023) | In force | This Act amends the Insurance Act, 2010 to extend criminal liability for offences under that Act beyond corporations to include partnerships, limited liab… |
| Insurance (Amendment) Law, 2012 (Law 9 of 2012) | In force | This is a short amending law that makes technical and transitional changes to the Insurance Law, 2010. It inserts a clarifying phrase into section 4(4)(c)… |
| Insurance (Amendment) Law, 2013 (Law 16 of 2013) | In force | This is the Insurance (Amendment) Law, 2013 (Law 16 of 2013), which amends the Insurance Law, 2010 of the Cayman Islands. It does two main things: first,… |
| Insurance (Amendment) Law, 2017 (Law 45 of 2017) | In force | This is a short 2017 amendment to the Insurance Law, 2010, gazetted as Law 45 of 2017. It does not create new regulatory regimes but tightens the existing… |
| Insurance (Amendment) Law, 2019 (Law 14 of 2019) | In force | This is a short amending Law that updates the Insurance Law, 2010 to bring it into line with company-vehicle legislation introduced since 2016, in particu… |
| Insurance (Validation) Law, 2013 (Law 25 of 2013) | In force | This is a short validating law passed by the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly in December 2013 (assented to in January 2014). Its sole purpose is to re… |
| Insurance Law, 2010 (Law 32 of 2010) | In force | This is the Insurance Law, 2010 (Law 32 of 2010), the core statute that replaced the Insurance Law (2008 Revision) as the framework for licensing and regu… |
| Limited Liability Companies (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2024 (Act 15 of 2024) | Superseded | This Act amends the Limited Liability Companies Act (2023 Revision) to put on a clear statutory footing certain fees charged by the Cayman Islands General… |
| Limited Liability Companies Act (2025 Revision) | In force | This document is the official 2025 Revision of the Limited Liability Companies Act, the primary statute governing the formation, operation, and dissolutio… |
| Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2024 (Act 16 of 2024) | Superseded | This is a short amending Act that changes the Limited Liability Partnership Act (2023 Revision) to give the Registrar of Limited Liability Partnerships cl… |
| Limited Liability Partnership Act (2025 Revision) | In force | This is the official 2025 Revision of the Cayman Islands Limited Liability Partnership Act, consolidating the original 2017 Law with subsequent amendments… |
| Monetary Authority (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2024 (Act 17 of 2024) | In force | This is an amending Act that changes the Monetary Authority Act (2020 Revision), the law establishing CIMA's general powers, including its power to charge… |
| Monetary Authority (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 1 of 2023) | In force | This is an amendment to the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Act (2020 Revision), passed in 2023, that broadens CIMA's administrative fining and enforcem… |
| Monetary Authority (Amendment) Law, 2020 (Law 3 of 2020) | In force | This is a short amending law that updates the Monetary Authority Law (2020 Revision), which is the statute establishing the Cayman Islands Monetary Author… |
| Monetary Authority Law (2020 Revision) | In force | This is the Monetary Authority Law (2020 Revision), the core statute that establishes and governs the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) itself. It… |
| Money Services Act (2024 Revision) | In force | This is the consolidated and revised text of the Cayman Islands' Money Services Act, current as at 31 December 2023 (2024 Revision), which regulates perso… |
| Mutual Funds (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2024 (Act 18 of 2024) | Superseded | This is an amending Act that makes several changes to the Mutual Funds Act (2021 Revision), the core law governing regulated mutual funds in the Cayman Is… |
| Mutual Funds (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 21 of 2023) | Superseded | This is a short amending Act that updates the Mutual Funds Act (2021 Revision) to align it with the new Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023. It do… |
| Mutual Funds (Amendment) Act, 2026 (Act 5 of 2026) | In force | This Act amends the Mutual Funds Act (2025 Revision) to create a legal framework for "tokenised mutual funds" - mutual funds that represent some or all of… |
| Mutual Funds Act (2025 Revision) | In force | This is the consolidated, revised text of the Cayman Islands Mutual Funds Act as it stood on 1 January 2025 (incorporating amendments up to Act 18 of 2024… |
| Private Funds (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2024 (Act 20 of 2024) | Superseded | This Act amends the Private Funds Act (2021 Revision) to give CIMA clear statutory authority to charge fees in connection with private fund registrations,… |
| Private Funds (Amendment) Act, 2026 (Act 6 of 2026) | In force | This Act amends the Private Funds Act (2025 Revision) to create a specific regulatory regime for 'tokenised private funds' - private funds that represent… |
| Private Funds Act (2025 Revision) | In force | This document is the official 2025 consolidated revision of the Cayman Islands Private Funds Act, combining the original 2020 Law with subsequent amendmen… |
| Proceeds of Crime Act (2025 Revision) | In force | This document is the consolidated text of the Proceeds of Crime Act (2025 Revision), the Cayman Islands' principal statute governing anti-money laundering… |
| Proliferation Financing (Prohibition) Law (2017 Revision) | In force | This document is the consolidated 2017 Revision of the Cayman Islands' Proliferation Financing (Prohibition) Law, which implements United Nations Security… |
| Public Authorities Law (2020 Revision) | In force | This is the Public Authorities Law (2020 Revision), a Cayman Islands statute that sets out uniform governance, financial management and personnel manageme… |
| Public Management and Finance Act (2026 Revision) | In force | This is the consolidated 2026 Revision of the Public Management and Finance Act, the primary statute governing how the Cayman Islands Government manages p… |
| Securities Investment Business (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2024 (Act 21 of 2024) | In force | This is a Cayman Islands Act that amends the Securities Investment Business Act (2020 Revision) to update fee arrangements and definitions for securities… |
| Securities Investment Business (Amendment) (No.2) Law, 2020 | In force | This is a short Cayman Islands amendment law that updates the Securities Investment Business Law (2020 Revision) to reflect the introduction of limited li… |
| Securities Investment Business (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 6 of 2023) | In force | This Act amends the Securities Investment Business Act (2020 Revision) to broaden the categories of persons who can be held criminally liable when an offe… |
| Securities Investment Business (Amendment) Law, 2020 (Law 16 of 2020) | In force | This is a 2020 amending law that inserted virtual asset provisions into the Securities Investment Business Law (2020 Revision), which is Cayman Islands' c… |
| Securities Investment Business Law (2020 Revision) | In force | This is the consolidated text of the Cayman Islands' Securities Investment Business Law (2020 Revision), the principal statute establishing the licensing… |
| Special Economic Zones Act (2023 Revision) | In force | This is the official 2023 Revision (consolidated as at 31 December 2022) of the Special Economic Zones Act, the Cayman Islands law establishing the Specia… |
| Terrorism Law (2018 Revision) | In force | This document is the Terrorism Law (2018 Revision), the Cayman Islands' consolidated statute criminalising terrorism, terrorist financing and related cond… |
| Virtual Asset (Service Providers) (Amendment) Act, 2024 (Act 22 of 2024) | In force | This is an amending Act that updates the Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act (2024 Revision), the core law governing virtual asset businesses in the Cay… |
| Virtual Asset (Service Providers) (Amendment) Act, 2026 (Act 4 of 2026) | In force | This is a short amending Act that changes the definitions section of the Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act (2024 Revision). It replaces the existing d… |
| Virtual Asset (Service Providers) (Amendment) Bill, 2025 | Draft | This is a draft bill (not yet enacted) that would amend the Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act (2024 Revision) to change the statutory definition of "i… |
| Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act (2024 Revision) | In force | This is the Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act (2024 Revision), the primary Cayman Islands statute regulating persons who provide virtual asset (crypto… |