Singapore legislation
Clause 15
Clause 15
New section 37A
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 37, the following section:“Falsification of books, documents, etc.37A.—
Any director, manager, trustee, auditor, employee or agent of any finance company who —
wilfully makes or causes to be made, a false entry in any book of record or in any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, conditions, assets or accounts of that finance company;
wilfully omits to make an entry in any book of record or in any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, conditions, assets or accounts of that finance company, or wilfully causes any such entry to be omitted; or
wilfully alters, abstracts, conceals or destroys an entry in any book of record or in any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, conditions, assets or accounts of that finance company, or wilfully causes any such entry to be altered, abstracted, concealed or destroyed,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.”.