Singapore legislation
Regulation 7
Regulation 7
General customer due diligence measures in relation to person purporting to act on client’s behalf
Subregulation 1
At the applicable time specified in rule 11, a legal practitioner or law practice must perform customer due diligence measures to ascertain —
whether any other person is purporting to act on behalf of a client; and
whether the client is acting on behalf of another person,in relation to and for the purpose of a matter undertaken or to be undertaken by the legal practitioner or law practice for the client.
Subregulation 2
Where the person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) is an individual, the legal practitioner or law practice must —
take reasonable measures to verify the identity of the individual using objectively reliable and independent source documents, data or information; and
obtain appropriate documentary evidence to verify that —
in the case of paragraph (1)(a) — the individual is authorised to act on behalf of the client; or
in the case of paragraph (1)(b) — the client is authorised to act on behalf of the individual.
Subregulation 3
Where the person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) is an entity or the trustee or other person carrying out functions equivalent to a trustee (called the trustee) of a legal arrangement, the legal practitioner or law practice must —
perform the customer due diligence measures mentioned in rules 6(2) and 8 on the entity or legal arrangement, and for this purpose the reference to a client in those rules is a reference to the entity or legal arrangement; and
obtain appropriate documentary evidence to verify that —
in the case of paragraph (1)(a) — the entity or trustee is authorised to act on behalf of the client; or
in the case of paragraph (1)(b) — the client is authorised to act on behalf of the entity or trustee.