Singapore legislation

Section 34

of Exchange Control Act 1953

Section 34

Blocked accounts

(1)

Where —

(a)

under any provision contained in Part 3 the permission of the Authority is required for the making of a payment or the placing of any sum to the credit of any person resident outside the scheduled territories; or

(b)

any payment falls to be made by an authorised dealer on the sale of any gold or specified currency by any foreign company within the meaning of section 32(1), being a sale made to comply with any requirement notified under that section,the Authority may direct that the sum payable or to be credited shall be paid or credited to a blocked account only.

(2)

Where a direction is given under subsection (1), the provisions of the Third Schedule shall have effect in relation to the payment or crediting of the sum.

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