Singapore legislation

Regulation 14

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

Regulation 14

Additional measures relating to targeted financial sanctions

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

A developer must, at the relevant time specified in rule 4(1), take reasonable measures to assess whether any relevant person in a transaction or any person acting on behalf of the purchaser is —

(a)

a terrorist or terrorist entity under the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act 2002; (b)a designated person as defined in any regulations made under the United Nations Act 2001; or

(c)

a person suspected of, or at risk of, facilitating money laundering, proliferation financing or terrorism financing who is specified by the Controller in any written notice issued by the Controller.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 463/2025 wef 01/07/2025

If at any time a developer has reason to suspect that the circumstances in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) exist, the developer —

(a)

must not do any of the following relating to any commercial property in a building project undertaken by the developer:

(i)

grant to the purchaser an option to purchase the commercial property;

(ii)

accept any sum of money (including any booking fee) from or on behalf of the purchaser in relation to the intended purchase of any such commercial property;

(iii)

enter into a sale and purchase agreement with the purchaser for the commercial property; and

(b)

must disclose the suspicion, or the information on which the suspicion is based, by filing a suspicious transaction report.