Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Legal Profession (Prevention of Money Laundering, Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Financing) Rules 2015

Regulation 3

Prescribed types of advocates and solicitors and foreign lawyers

Amended byS 697/2015 wef 18/11/2015S 636/2024 wef 31/12/2021

For the purposes of the definition of “legal practitioner” in section 70A(2) of the Act, Part 5A of the Act applies to —

(a)

every advocate and solicitor who —

(i)

has in force a practising certificate; or

(ii)

is a director, a partner, a consultant or an employee of a law practice, whether or not the advocate and solicitor has in force a practising certificate; and

(b)

every foreign lawyer who is a regulated foreign lawyer.