Singapore legislation
Section 23
Section 23
Section 20 powers: property and affairs
(1)
Subject to this section, the powers under section 20 as respects P’s property and affairs include —
the control and management of P’s property;
the sale, exchange, charging, gift or other disposition of P’s property;
the acquisition of property in P’s name or on P’s behalf;
the carrying on, on P’s behalf, of any profession, trade or business;
the taking of a decision which will have the effect of dissolving a partnership of which P is a member;
the carrying out of any contract entered into by P;
the discharge of P’s debts and of any of P’s obligations, whether legally enforceable or not;
the settlement of any of P’s property by way of trust, whether for P’s benefit or for the benefit of others;
the making, on P’s behalf, of any nomination under section 132(2) or 133(2) of the Insurance Act 1966;
where any nomination under section 132(2) or 133(2) of the Insurance Act 1966 has been made by P or on P’s behalf, the revoking, on P’s behalf, of that nomination under section 132(7) or 133(4) (as the case may be) of that Act;
the execution for P of a will;
the executing under section 15(6A) or 25(1) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953, on P’s behalf, of any memorandum under section 25(1) of that Act;
where any such memorandum has been executed, or any nomination has been made under section 25(1) of that Act, by P or by the court on P’s behalf, the revoking, on P’s behalf, of that memorandum or nomination, as the case may be;
the maintenance, education, benefit and advancement of P’s spouse, P’s parent, a child of P below 21 years of age or an intellectually disabled child of P;
the exercise of any power (including a power to consent) vested in P whether beneficially or as trustee under a trust;
the conduct of legal proceedings in P’s name or on P’s behalf.
(2)
Without affecting section 20(3), the court, in making an order for the disposition or settlement of P’s property under subsection (1)(b) or (h), must have regard to the principle in section 6(7).
(3)
No will may be made under subsection (1)(k) at a time when P has not attained the age of 21 years.
(4)
The provisions of the Second Schedule supplement the provisions of this section.
(5)
Section 20(7) is subject to paragraph 6 of the Second Schedule.
(6)
Subsection (1) is subject to section 25 (restrictions on deputies).