Singapore legislation
Clause 6
Clause 6
Amendment of section 20
Section 20(8) of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting the words “the deputy”; and
by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)the deputy is convicted, on or after the date of commencement of section 6 of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2016 (but not before the deputy’s appointment by the court), of an offence (whenever committed) of criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust, cheating, theft or extortion or any other offence involving fraud or dishonesty, whether as against P or another person;
the deputy engages or has engaged in conduct that contravenes the deputy’s authority conferred by the court, or that is not in P’s best interests (whether or not the deputy is acting under a court order);
the deputy proposes to engage in conduct that would contravene the deputy’s authority conferred by the court, or that would not be in P’s best interests (whether or not the deputy is acting under a court order); or
where the deputy is a professional deputy, the registration of the deputy as a professional deputy is cancelled.”.