Singapore legislation
Section 6D
Section 6D
Electronic funds transfer of duty
(1)
A person using the E‑Stamping system may maintain an electronic banking facility with a bank to enable the transfer of funds from the person’s designated account with the bank to an account specified by the Commissioner.
(2)
The Commissioner must, on issuing to a person a stamp certificate in respect of any instrument that is chargeable with duty, immediately deduct through electronic funds transfer the full amount of duty chargeable from the designated account of the person.
(3)
Nothing in subsection (2) requires the Commissioner to deduct any money from the designated account of the person if the funds in that designated account are less than the full amount of duty chargeable on the instrument.