Legal Profession (Prevention of Money Laundering, Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Financing) Rules 2015 · As enacted · Part 2 · Customer Due Diligence Measures
6. General customer due diligence measures in relation to client
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At the applicable time specified in rule 11, a legal practitioner or law practice must perform the following customer due diligence measures in relation to a client:
ascertain the identity of the client;
verify the client’s identity using objectively reliable and independent source documents, data or information;
take reasonable measures to determine whether the client is a politically-exposed individual, or a family member or close associate of any such individual;
identify and, if appropriate, obtain information on the purpose and intended nature of the business relationship with the client.
Where the client is an entity or a legal arrangement, the customer due diligence measures that a legal practitioner or law practice must perform under paragraph (1)(a) and (b) include identifying the client and verifying the client’s identity, respectively, through the following information:
the name of the client;
the legal form of the client;
the documents that prove the existence of the client;
the documents that regulate and bind the client (such as the constitution, or the memorandum and articles of association, of a company, if the client is a company, or the trust deed of an express trust, if the client is an express trust);
the individuals in the senior management of the client;
the address of the registered office of the client;
the address of a principal place of business of the client, if the registered office of the client is not a principal place of business of the client.
[Deleted by S 473/2025 wef 01/07/2025]
Subregulation 1
At the applicable time specified in rule 11, a legal practitioner or law practice must perform the following customer due diligence measures in relation to a client:
ascertain the identity of the client;
verify the client’s identity using objectively reliable and independent source documents, data or information;
take reasonable measures to determine whether the client is a politically-exposed individual, or a family member or close associate of any such individual;
identify and, if appropriate, obtain information on the purpose and intended nature of the business relationship with the client.
Subregulation 2
Where the client is an entity or a legal arrangement, the customer due diligence measures that a legal practitioner or law practice must perform under paragraph (1)(a) and (b) include identifying the client and verifying the client’s identity, respectively, through the following information:
the name of the client;
the legal form of the client;
the documents that prove the existence of the client;
the documents that regulate and bind the client (such as the constitution, or the memorandum and articles of association, of a company, if the client is a company, or the trust deed of an express trust, if the client is an express trust);
the individuals in the senior management of the client;
the address of the registered office of the client;
the address of a principal place of business of the client, if the registered office of the client is not a principal place of business of the client.
Subregulation 3
[Deleted by S 473/2025 wef 01/07/2025]