Singapore legislation

Section 19

of Finance Companies Act 1967

Section 19

Restriction on payment of dividends by finance companies

A finance company must not pay any dividend on its shares until all its capitalised expenditure (including preliminary expenses, organisation expenses, share selling commission, brokerage, amount of losses incurred and any item of expenditure not represented by tangible assets) has been completely written off.

Section 19 — Finance Companies Act 1967 | laws.sg