Singapore legislation

Clause 26

of Accountants (Amendment) Bill

Clause 26

Amendment of section 58

Section 58 of the Accountants Act is amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)procures or attempts to procure —

(i)

approval as an accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting LLP under this Act; or

(ii)

registration or a certificate of registration as a public accountant under this Act,by knowingly making or producing or causing to be made any false or fraudulent declaration, certificate, application or representation, whether in writing or otherwise;”.