Singapore legislation

Clause 28

of Financial Advisers (Amendment) Bill

Clause 28

Amendment of section 60

Section 60 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) Where a prohibition order is made against a person and notified to a licensed financial adviser or exempt financial adviser, the licensed financial adviser or exempt financial adviser shall not employ the first-mentioned person to provide any financial advisory service or use his service, to the extent that this is prohibited by the order.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsections:“(5) A licensed financial adviser or exempt financial adviser against whom a prohibition order has been issued prohibiting it from providing any financial advisory service shall immediately inform all its representatives who perform the financial advisory service, by notice in writing of such prohibition order, and the representatives who are so informed shall cease to perform such financial advisory service during the period specified in the prohibition order.(6) Any person who contravenes subsection (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $75,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $7,500 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.”.