Singapore legislation

Section 74

of Moneylenders Act 2008

Section 74

Production of credit reports and charging of fees, etc.

Amended by7/20187/20187/20187/20187/2018

(1)

Subject to subsections (3) and (4), upon receiving a request by a licensee for a credit report in relation to a person under section 66(5)(a), the designated credit bureau must prepare and deliver to the licensee a credit report —

(a)

containing such information in relation to that person as the Minister may prescribe, having regard to the purposes of a credit report; and

(b)

within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner.

Amended by7/2018

(2)

The designated credit bureau may, each time it delivers a credit report to a licensee under subsection (1), charge a fee not exceeding an amount that is approved by the Registrar.

Amended by7/2018

(3)

Despite subsections (1)(a) and (2), the designated credit bureau may, by agreement with a licensee making a request under section 66(5)(a) for a credit report —

(a)

deliver at the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner to that licensee a credit report containing information in addition to that prescribed under subsection (1)(a); and

(b)

charge that licensee, for the additional information, a fee in addition to that which is approved by the Registrar under subsection (2).

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(4)

The designated credit bureau must not deliver any credit report to a licensee under subsection (1) or (3) if it is not satisfied that —

(a)

the licensee has submitted the declaration mentioned in section 66(6)(a) and any other document or information required under section 66(6)(b); and

(b)

the licensee has a valid licence issued under section 5.

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(5)

If the designated credit bureau without reasonable excuse contravenes subsection (1) or (4), the designated credit bureau shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

to a fine not exceeding $250,000; and

(b)

in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $25,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.[30V

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