Singapore legislation

Section 7

of Exchange Control Act 1953

Section 7

Payments in Singapore

(1)

Except with the permission of the Authority, no person shall do any of the following things in Singapore:

(a)

make any payment to or for the credit of a person resident outside the scheduled territories;

(b)

make any payment to or for the credit of a person resident in the scheduled territories by order or on behalf of a person resident outside the scheduled territories;

(c)

place any sum to the credit of any person resident outside the scheduled territories.

(2)

Where a person resident outside the scheduled territories has paid a sum in or towards the satisfaction of a debt due from him, subsection (1)(c) shall not prohibit the acknowledgement or recording of the payment.