Singapore legislation

Clause 13

of Prevention of Proliferation Financing and Other Matters Bill

Clause 13

Amendment of section 18

In the PSPM Act, in section 18 —

(a)

after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) A regulated dealer who becomes a former regulated dealer on or after the commencement date must continue to keep each of the documents and information mentioned in subsection (1), that were required to be kept by the regulated dealer, until the end of the prescribed period applicable to each of those documents and information.”;

(b)

in subsections (3) and (4), after “regulated dealer”, insert “or former regulated dealer”; and

(c)

replace subsection (5) with —“(5) A regulated dealer or former regulated dealer who contravenes subsection (1), (3) or (4) (read with subsection (1A) where applicable) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000.(6) In this section —“commencement date” means the date of commencement of section 13 of the Prevention of Proliferation Financing and Other Matters Act 2024;“former regulated dealer” means a regulated dealer who has ceased to carry on any business of regulated dealing or business as an intermediary in Singapore.”.