Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
Amendment of section 2
In the Accountants Act 2004 (called in this Part the Accountants Act), in section 2 —
in subsection (1), after the definition of “accounting corporation”, insert —“ “accounting entity” means an accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting LLP;”;
in subsection (1), after the definition of “Complaints Committee”, insert —“ “constitution”, in relation to a company, has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;”;
in subsection (1), after the definition of “identification”, insert —“ “individual practitioner”, in relation to an accounting entity, means —
in the case of an accounting corporation or accounting LLP — a corporate practitioner; or
in the case of an accounting firm — a public accountant who is —
a partner or an employee of the accounting firm; and
practising as a public accountant in the accounting firm;”;
in subsection (1), after the definition of “professional indemnity insurance”, insert —“ “proliferation financing” means the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;”; and
in subsection (3), replace “15(6)” with “15(8)”.