Singapore legislation

Clause 14

Penalty for obtaining directive by fraud, forging directive or concealing revocation

(1)

Any person who —

(a)

by any deception, fraud, mis-statement or undue influence, procures or obtains, directly or indirectly, the execution by another person of a directive;

(b)

falsifies or forges the directive of another person; or

(c)

wilfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation of a directive,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.

(2)

Any person who —

(a)

is a beneficiary under the will of another person;

(b)

has an interest under any instrument under which another person is the donor, settlor or grantor;

(c)

would be entitled to an interest in the estate of another person on the death intestate of that person; or

(d)

would be entitled to an interest in the moneys of another person held in the Central Provident Fund or other provident fund on the death of that person,and who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) (whether or not he has been convicted of such an offence) shall forfeit any interest under the will, instrument, intestacy or memorandum executed under the Central Provident Fund Act [Cap. 36], as the case may be.

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