Moneylenders Act 2008 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Regulation of Business of Moneylending, Enforcement and Proceedings
51. Special provisions relating to non-resident principal
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When any fine is imposed on an agent who is or has been licensed to carry on a business of moneylending in Singapore on behalf of a principal not resident in Singapore in respect of an offence under this Act committed by the agent in the course of carrying on the business, the fine is, unless the court imposing the fine otherwise directs, recoverable out of the property belonging to the principal or the agent, or to both, and situated within Singapore.
principal
“principal”, in relation to a loan, means the amount actually lent by a moneylender under the contract for the loan;
Any property of the principal mentioned in subsection (1) may be taken under or pursuant to an enforcement order and sold under any warrant issued against the agent for the levy of the amount of the fine.
property
“property” means property of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, and whether situated within or outside Singapore, and includes funds.[15A
When it is made to appear to any court by any person entitled to make an application under section 37 that any transaction entered into with a moneylender not resident in Singapore prima facie ought to be reopened, the court may —
moneylender
“moneylender” means a person who, whether as principal or agent, carries on or holds himself, herself or itself out in any way as carrying on the business of moneylending, whether or not the person carries on any other business, but does not include any excluded moneylender;
issue an order of attachment attaching any property of the moneylender situated within Singapore until such time as the moneylender submits to the jurisdiction of the court and gives security to the satisfaction of the court that any order made against the moneylender for repayment of any sum or for an indemnity will be duly satisfied; and
authorise the service out of the jurisdiction of any summons or other process applying for the reopening of the transaction under section 37.[29