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19. Executive officers

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(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.

(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.

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.

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