Singapore legislation
Section 179
Section 179
Compliance with guidelines, directions, undertakings and conditions
(1)
The Director of Legal Services may require any person making an application for any licence or approval under this Division to provide such undertakings as the Director of Legal Services thinks fit to prevent any direct or indirect circumvention of the provisions of this Division.
(2)
The Director of Legal Services may issue guidelines relating to any licence or approval under this Division.
(3)
Where any requirement of any guideline issued under this section conflicts with any requirement specified in this Division, the latter prevails.
(4)
The Director of Legal Services must cause all guidelines issued under this section to be published in such manner as will give persons to whom, or entities to which, the guidelines relate notice of the requirements specified in the guidelines.
(5)
It is a condition of every licence or approval under this Division that the person or entity licensed or granted approval must comply with the requirements of this Division, including any guideline issued under this section and any undertaking provided under this section or section 177.
(6)
The Director of Legal Services may, if he or she is satisfied that any person or entity licensed or granted approval under this Division has contravened any provision of this Division, any guideline issued under this section or any undertaking provided under this section or section 177, issue directions to that person or entity to ensure compliance by that person or entity.
(7)
A direction under subsection (6) must be —
issued in writing and must specify the provision of this Division or the guideline issued under this section or the undertaking provided under this section or section 177 that has been contravened; and
sent to the person or entity to which it relates at the last known address of that person or entity.
(8)
The Director of Legal Services may cancel the licence or approval under this Division in respect of any person or entity if that person or entity fails to comply with any condition of the licence or approval or with any direction of the Director of Legal Services issued under subsection (6) or section 177.
(9)
Where any undertaking was or was deemed, immediately before the prescribed date, to be provided, under the repealed section 130Q as in force immediately before that date, for the purposes of any licence or approval under the repealed section 130B, 130C, 130D, 130E, 130F or 130L as in force immediately before that date, that undertaking is deemed, with effect from that date, to be an undertaking provided under this section.
(10)
Any guidelines or directions issued by the Attorney‑General under the repealed section 130Q as in force immediately before the prescribed date for the purposes of any licence or approval under the repealed section 130B, 130C, 130D, 130E, 130F or 130L as in force immediately before that date are deemed, with effect from that date, to be guidelines or directions (as the case may be) issued by the Director of Legal Services under this section.
(11)
To avoid doubt, a reference to guidelines in this section includes a reference to notices, guidance notes or other similar communications by whatever name called.