Singapore legislation

Clause 21

of Anti-Money Laundering and Other Matters Bill

Clause 21

Amendment of section 31

In the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995, in section 31 —

(a)

in subsection (1), after paragraph (j), insert —“(ja)enabling a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer to carry out any of the responsibilities of the Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office, including for the purpose of detecting the possible commission of an offence specified in the First, Second or Third Schedule to the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992;”;

(b)

in subsection (10), in the definition of “public agency”, replace the full‑stop at the end with a semi‑colon; and

(c)

in subsection (10), after the definition of “public agency”, insert —“ “Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office” means the office mentioned in section 5(1) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992;“Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer” means a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer as defined in section 2(1) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 who is a Commercial Affairs Officer appointed under section 64 of the Police Force Act 2004.”.

Clause 21 — Anti-Money Laundering and Other Matters Bill