Singapore legislation

Regulation 10

of Sale of Commercial Properties (Prevention of Money Laundering, Proliferation Financing and Terrorism Financing) Rules 2023

Regulation 10

Risk analysis

Amended byS 463/2025 wef 01/07/2025S 463/2025 wef 01/07/2025S 463/2025 wef 01/07/2025

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 463/2025 wef 01/07/2025

A developer must —

(a)

perform, in relation to each relevant person in a transaction, an adequate analysis of the risks of the relevant person engaging in money laundering, proliferation financing or terrorism financing or any combination of these activities;

(b)

document the analysis and the conclusions reached; and

(c)

keep the analysis up to date.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 463/2025 wef 01/07/2025S 463/2025 wef 01/07/2025

For the purpose of determining whether a person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) may present a higher risk of money laundering, proliferation financing or terrorism financing, the developer must consider all of the following:

(a)

whether the person is a resident of or originates from —

(i)

a relevant country;

(ii)

a foreign country that the FATF (by a public statement, notice or directive published on its official website at https://www.fatf‑gafi.org/) identifies as a foreign country subject to increased monitoring; or

(iii)

a foreign country that the Controller has notified the developer to be a foreign country with inadequate measures to prevent money laundering, proliferation financing or terrorism financing;

(b)

whether the transaction with or intended with the person is complex or unusually large, or is part of an unusual pattern of transactions which have no apparent economic or visible lawful purpose.

Subregulation 3

A developer must implement appropriate policies, controls and procedures to determine whether the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) exist.