Trust Companies Act 2005 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Licensing of Trust Companies
3. Restriction on carrying on trust business
Feedback & supportSubject to subsection (3), a person must not carry on any trust business or hold himself, herself or itself out as carrying on any trust business in or from within Singapore unless that person is a licensed trust company.
trust business
“trust business” means any business specified in the First Schedule;
A licensed trust company must not, without the prior approval of the Authority, establish a place of business outside Singapore to carry on any business which, if carried on in Singapore, would constitute trust business.
licensed trust company
“licensed trust company” means a corporation holding a trust business licence;
Subsection (1) does not apply to any person specified in the Second Schedule.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $75,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $7,500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.