On 19/06/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 19/06/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 19/06/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 31/12/2011.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“bank” means —
(a)
a bank licensed under the Banking Act (Cap. 19); or
(b)
a merchant bank that is approved as a financial institution under section 28 of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 186),
and includes a finance company licensed under the Finance Companies Act (Cap. 108);
“Convention” means the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 17th December 1979;
“Convention country” means a foreign country that is a Party to the Convention;
“country” includes a State or territory, as the case may be;