Singapore legislation
Section 29
Section 29
Salespersons to be registered
(1)
Subject to this Act —
a person must not be or act as a salesperson for any licensed estate agent, nor hold himself or herself out to the public as being a salesperson unless he or she is a registered salesperson; and
a person must not accept employment or an appointment as a salesperson from, nor act as a salesperson for, any other person who is required by this Act to hold, but is not the holder of, an estate agent’s licence.
(2)
Subsection (1) is not to be construed as —
requiring any registered salesperson, by reason only of the fact that he or she does estate agency work solely as a salesperson, to hold an estate agent’s licence; or
requiring any licensed estate agent to be registered as a salesperson.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(4)
No fee, commission or reward in relation to anything done by a person in respect of an offence under this section is recoverable in any action, suit or matter by any person.