Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Accountants (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Accountants Act is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Chairman”, the following definition:“ “costs and expenses”, in relation to any proceedings under Part IV, includes —

(a)

the costs and expenses of any assessor and advocate and solicitor appointed by the Board for proceedings before an Inquiry Committee;

(b)

such reasonable expenses as the Board may pay to witnesses; and

(c)

such reasonable expenses as are necessary for or incidental to the institution and conduct of proceedings before the Inquiry Committee;”.

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