Singapore legislation

Regulation 19

of Mental Capacity Regulations 2010

Regulation 19

Loss or destruction of instrument registered as lasting power of attorney

Amended byS 524/2014 wef 01/09/2014S 524/2014 wef 01/09/2014

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 524/2014 wef 01/09/2014

This regulation applies where —

(a)

a person is required by or under the Act to deliver to the Public Guardian any of the following documents:

(i)

an instrument registered as a lasting power of attorney;

(ii)

[Deleted by S 501/2019 wef 01/08/2019](iii)a certified copy of that registered instrument; and

(b)

the document has been lost or destroyed.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 524/2014 wef 01/09/2014

The person required to deliver the document must provide to the Public Guardian a statutory declaration setting out —

(a)

if known, the date of the loss or destruction and the circumstances in which it occurred;

(b)

otherwise, a statement of when he last had the document in his possession.