Singapore legislation

Section 109

of Insurance Act 1966

Section 109

Interpretation of this Part

Amended by11/20132/2019

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“enforce” means enforce through criminal, civil or administrative proceedings;“enforcement” means the taking of any action to enforce a law or regulatory requirement against a specified person, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the insurance industry in the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;“investigation” means an investigation to determine if a specified person has contravened or is contravening a law or regulatory requirement, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the insurance industry in the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;“material” includes any information, book, document or other record in any form whatsoever, and any container or article relating thereto;“prescribed written law” means this Act, or any of the following written laws and any subsidiary legislation made under this Act:

(a)

Banking Act 1970;

(b)

Finance Companies Act 1967;

(c)

Financial Advisers Act 2001;

(d)

Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970;

(e)

Payment Services Act 2019;

(f)

Securities and Futures Act 2001; or

(g)

any other Act that the Authority may prescribe;“regulatory authority”, in relation to a foreign country, means an authority of the foreign country exercising any function that corresponds to a regulatory function of the Authority under this Act;“supervision”, in relation to a regulatory authority, means the taking of any action for or in connection with the supervision of a subject matter in the foreign country of the regulatory authority similar to that to which this Act pertains.[49A

Definition

“enforce” means enforce through criminal, civil or administrative proceedings;

Definition

“enforcement” means the taking of any action to enforce a law or regulatory requirement against a specified person, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the insurance industry in the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;

Definition

“investigation” means an investigation to determine if a specified person has contravened or is contravening a law or regulatory requirement, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the insurance industry in the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;

Definition

“material” includes any information, book, document or other record in any form whatsoever, and any container or article relating thereto;

Definition

“prescribed written law” means this Act, or any of the following written laws and any subsidiary legislation made under this Act:

(a)

Banking Act 1970;

(b)

Finance Companies Act 1967;

(c)

Financial Advisers Act 2001;

(d)

Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970;

(e)

Payment Services Act 2019;

(f)

Securities and Futures Act 2001; or

(g)

any other Act that the Authority may prescribe;

Definition

“regulatory authority”, in relation to a foreign country, means an authority of the foreign country exercising any function that corresponds to a regulatory function of the Authority under this Act;

Definition

“supervision”, in relation to a regulatory authority, means the taking of any action for or in connection with the supervision of a subject matter in the foreign country of the regulatory authority similar to that to which this Act pertains.[49A

Amended by11/20132/2019
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