Singapore legislation

Clause 119

Priority of debt of financial institution to trustee

Despite any written law or rule of law relating to the winding up of companies, in the event of a winding up of a financial institution (other than one that is a bank, a finance company licensed under the Finance Companies Act 1967 or an insurer licensed under the Insurance Act 1966) —

(a)

any sum claimed by the trustee of a resolution fund from the financial institution under section 112; and

(b)

any levy and late payment imposed on the financial institution under section 113, 114 or 115 and due from the financial institution, and any levy which the financial institution is liable to collect under section 115(2) and due from the financial institution,have priority over all unsecured liabilities of the financial institution other than preferential debts specified in section 203(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018.

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