19. Unsecured loans by exempt moneylenders for persons with minimum income or assets

Subject to paragraph (2), an exempt moneylender must not grant any unsecured loan to a Singapore borrower, if the total of the following exceeds $3,000:

the Singapore borrower’s share of the amount of the unsecured loan; (b)the Singapore borrower’s share of the outstanding amount of every unsecured loan previously granted by the exempt moneylender (including, if the exempt moneylender is a corporation, its affiliated corporation) to the Singapore borrower.

Paragraph (1) does not apply if the annual income of the Singapore borrower is at least $20,000, or the total net personal assets of the Singapore borrower exceeds $2 million. (3) Any exempt moneylender who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

in the case where the offender is an individual — to a fine not exceeding $10,000; and

in any other case — to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

Subject to paragraph (2), an exempt moneylender must not grant any unsecured loan to a Singapore borrower, if the total of the following exceeds $3,000:

the Singapore borrower’s share of the amount of the unsecured loan; (b)the Singapore borrower’s share of the outstanding amount of every unsecured loan previously granted by the exempt moneylender (including, if the exempt moneylender is a corporation, its affiliated corporation) to the Singapore borrower.

Paragraph (1) does not apply if the annual income of the Singapore borrower is at least $20,000, or the total net personal assets of the Singapore borrower exceeds $2 million.

Any exempt moneylender who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

in the case where the offender is an individual — to a fine not exceeding $10,000; and

in any other case — to a fine not exceeding $20,000.