Singapore legislation

Clause 41

of Banking (Amendment) Bill

Clause 41

Amendment of section 55B

Section 55B of the Banking Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “A transferor may” in subsection (1), the word “voluntarily”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) A transferor must transfer the whole or any part of its banking business in Singapore to a company incorporated by the bank or its parent bank under the Companies Act (Cap. 50) for the purpose of carrying on that business or that part of the business, if —

(a)

it is directed by the Authority under section 55BA to do so; and

(b)

the Court has approved the transfer.”;

(c)

by deleting the words “Subsection (1) is” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “Subsections (1) and (1A) are”; and

(d)

by deleting the section heading and substituting the following section heading:“Conditions for transfer of business”.

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