Singapore legislation

Clause 14

of Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill

Clause 14

New sections 43A and 43B

The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 43, the following sections:“Notification of change of address43A.—

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), every donor and donee of a lasting power of attorney and every deputy appointed by the court must inform the Public Guardian in writing of any change in —

(a)

where the donor, donee or deputy is an individual, the place of residence of the donor, donee or deputy, as the case may be; and

(b)

where the donee or deputy is a person other than an individual, the registered business address of the donee or deputy, as the case may be.(2) If a donor, donee or deputy changes his place of residence and reports the change under section 8 of the National Registration Act (Cap. 201), that donor, donee or deputy, as the case may be, is taken to have informed the Public Guardian of the change of that place of residence in accordance with subsection (1)(a).(3) Where a person (“P”) lacks capacity, a donee of a lasting power of attorney created by P or a deputy appointed by the court for P, as the case may be, may on P’s behalf inform the Public Guardian in writing of any change in P’s place of residence.General exemption43B. The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, exempt any person or class of persons from all or any provisions of this Act or the regulations, either generally or in a particular case and subject to such conditions as the Minister may impose.”.