Singapore legislation

Clause 17

of Banking (Amendment) Bill

Clause 17

Amendment of section 33

Section 33 of the Banking Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “No bank” in subsection (1), the word “incorporated”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) A bank incorporated outside Singapore must not, through a branch or office located within Singapore, acquire or hold any interest in or rights over immovable property, wherever situated, the value of which exceeds in the aggregate —

(a)

any limit prescribed by the Authority; or

(b)

any limit specified by the Authority in a particular case by written notice to that branch or office.”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (1)” in subsections (2) and (4), the words “or (1A)”.