37. Rules
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The Minister may make rules generally to give effect to the provisions of this Act and, in particular, may by such rules provide for —
the forms to be used for the purposes of this Act;
the fees to be charged under this Act;
the books of account to be kept by a moneylender;
moneylender
“moneylender” includes every person whose business is that of moneylending or who carries on or advertises or announces himself or holds himself out in any way as carrying on that business whether or not that person also possesses or earns property or money derived from sources other than the lending of money and whether or not that person carries on the business as a principal or as an agent but does not include —(a)any body corporate, incorporated or empowered by a special Act of Parliament or by any other Act to lend money in accordance with that Act;(b)any society registered under the Cooperative Societies Act;(c)any person bona fide carrying on the business of banking or insurance or bona fide carrying on any business not having for its primary object the lending of money in the course of which and for the purposes whereof he lends money;(d)any pawnbroker licensed under the provisions of any written law in force in Singapore relating to the licensing of pawnbrokers; and(e)any finance company licensed under the Finance Companies Act.
the manner in which accounts and files relating to loans by moneylenders are to be kept and the particulars to be entered therein; and
the maximum rate of interest to be charged for any loan or class of loans. [36