Singapore legislation
Section 99H
Section 99H
Lodgment of documents
(1)
A principal who desires to appoint an individual as an appointed, provisional or temporary representative in respect of any type of regulated activity must lodge the following documents with the Authority in such form and manner as the Authority may prescribe:
a notice of intent by the principal to appoint the individual as an appointed, provisional or temporary representative in respect of that type of regulated activity;
a certificate by the principal that the individual is a fit and proper person to be an appointed, provisional or temporary representative in respect of that type of regulated activity;
in the case of a provisional or temporary representative, an undertaking by the principal to undertake such responsibilities in relation to the representative as may be prescribed.
(1A)
Subsection (1) does not apply to a principal who desires to appoint, as an appointed representative in respect of any type of regulated activity, an individual who is a provisional representative in respect of that type of regulated activity, if —
that individual has satisfied the examination requirements specified for that type of regulated activity; and
the principal has informed the Authority of that fact in the prescribed form and manner under section 99E(5).
(2)
Subject to section 99M, the Authority must, upon receipt of the documents lodged in accordance with subsection (1), enter in the public register of representatives the name of the representative, whether he or she is an appointed, provisional or temporary representative, the type of regulated activity which he or she may carry on business in, and such other particulars as the Authority considers appropriate.
(3)
The Authority may refuse to enter in the public register of representatives the particulars referred to in subsection (2) of the representative if the fee referred to in section 99K(1) or (4) (if applicable) is not paid.
(4)
A principal who submits a certificate under subsection (1)(b) must keep, in such form and manner and for such period as the Authority may prescribe, copies of all information and documents which the principal relied on in giving the certificate.
(5)
Where a change occurs in any particulars of the appointed, provisional or temporary representative in any document required to be provided to the Authority under subsection (1), the principal must, no later than 14 days after the occurrence of such change, provide particulars of such change to the Authority, in the prescribed form and manner.