Singapore legislation
Regulation 12
Regulation 12
Prohibition against unauthorised withdrawals of moneys
Subregulation 1
No approved person shall —
accept any payment out of a Child Development Account for any purpose other than that specified in regulation 9(1)(a) or (aa);
(aa)make any withdrawal from a Child Development Account for any purpose other than that specified in regulation 9(1)(a) or (aa);
cause or make withdrawals from a Child Development Account without the approval or authorisation of the trustee of that Account; or
cause or make withdrawals from any Child Development Account for any payment to the approved institution (if only one), or any of the approved institutions (if more than one), in respect of which the person was appointed or approved as an approved person —
during any period of investigation for the purposes of ascertaining whether there are any grounds to suspend the approval of that approved person under regulation 11A, or revoke the appointment or approval of that approved person under regulation 11B;
on or after the date on which the Minister gives notice in writing of the Minister’s intention to suspend the approval of that approved person under regulation 11A, or revoke the appointment or approval of that approved person under regulation 11B;
during any period of suspension under regulation 11A; or
on or after the earliest of the following dates: (A)the date of any revocation of approval by regulation 11AA;
the date of any revocation of appointment or approval under regulation 11B.
Subregulation 2
Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000.
Subregulation 3
Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to a withdrawal made by NETS.
Subregulation 4
[Deleted by S 829/2021 wef 01/11/2021]
Subregulation 5
[Deleted by S 829/2021 wef 01/11/2021]