Singapore legislation

Regulation 19

of Banking (Corporate Governance) Regulations 2005

Regulation 19

Executive officers

Subregulation 1

A bank incorporated in Singapore shall not appoint any person as its executive officer while that person is concurrently —

(a)

employed by a substantial shareholder of the bank (other than, in the case where the bank is a subsidiary of another bank incorporated in Singapore (referred to in this regulation as the parent bank), the parent bank or, in the case where the bank is a subsidiary of a financial holding company, the financial holding company);

(b)

an executive officer of an affiliate of a substantial shareholder of the bank;

(c)

where the bank is a subsidiary of a parent bank, employed by a substantial shareholder of the parent bank or an affiliate of the substantial shareholder of the parent bank; or

(d)

where the bank is a subsidiary of a financial holding company, employed by a substantial shareholder of the financial holding company or an affiliate of the substantial shareholder of the financial holding company.

Subregulation 2

Any bank which contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,500 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.