Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Business Registration (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 4

Section 4 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “This” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (1A), this”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections:“(1A) Subsection (1)(g) shall not apply to any person, or any class of persons, prescribed under any regulations made under section 37 as a person to whom, or a class of persons to which, subsection (1)(g) shall not apply.(1B) The regulations referred to in subsection (1A) may —

(a)

in the case of any person prescribed under those regulations, or belonging to a class of persons prescribed under those regulations, who is carrying on any business consisting solely of the exercise of any profession under any written law, provide for —

(i)

the transfer to the Registrar of any particulars of that person which are registered or otherwise recorded under that written law; and

(ii)

the automatic registration under this Act of that person without any action on his part, and the exemption of that person from any requirement under Part II, for such period and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed; and

(b)

contain such transitional, savings and consequential provisions as may be necessary to cater for the cessation of the application of subsection (1)(g) to any person or class of persons prescribed under those regulations.”.