Banking Act 1970 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7A · Transfer of Business
55A. Interpretation of this Division
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In this Division, unless the context otherwise requires —“business” includes affairs, property, right, obligation and liability;“Court” means the General Division of the High Court;“debenture” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;“property” includes property, right and power of every description;“transferee” means a bank in Singapore, or a company which has applied for or will be applying for a bank licence to carry on banking business in Singapore, to which the whole or part of a transferor’s business is, or is to be, or is proposed to be, transferred under this Division;“transferor” means a bank in Singapore, the whole or part of the business of which is, or is to be, or is proposed to be, transferred under this Division.
“business” includes affairs, property, right, obligation and liability;
“Court” means the General Division of the High Court;
“debenture” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;
“property” includes property, right and power of every description;
“transferee” means a bank in Singapore, or a company which has applied for or will be applying for a bank licence to carry on banking business in Singapore, to which the whole or part of a transferor’s business is, or is to be, or is proposed to be, transferred under this Division;
bank in Singapore
“bank in Singapore” means —(a)a bank incorporated in Singapore; or(b)in the case of a bank incorporated outside Singapore, the branches and offices of the bank located within Singapore;
“transferor” means a bank in Singapore, the whole or part of the business of which is, or is to be, or is proposed to be, transferred under this Division.