On 20/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 20/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 20/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 01/04/2006.
81W.
—(1) Where an application is made under section 81V(1), the Authority may approve the corporation as an approved holding company subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Authority may think fit to impose by notice in writing, if the Authority is satisfied that —
(a)
it would not be contrary to the interests of the public or contrary to the objectives specified in section 81T to approve the corporation; and
(b)
the grounds referred to in subsection (5) for refusing such approval do not apply.
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(2) The Authority may, at any time, by notice in writing to the corporation, vary any condition or restriction or impose such further conditions or restrictions as the Authority may think fit.
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(3) An approved holding company shall, for the duration of the approval, satisfy all conditions and restrictions that may be imposed on it under subsections (1) and (2).
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(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Authority shall not refuse to approve a corporation under subsection (1) without giving the corporation an opportunity to be heard.
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(5) The Authority may refuse to approve a corporation on any of the following grounds without giving the corporation an opportunity to be heard:
(a)
the corporation is in the course of being wound up or otherwise dissolved, whether in Singapore or elsewhere;
(b)
a receiver, a receiver and manager or an equivalent person has been appointed, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, in relation to or in respect of any property of the corporation;
(c)
the corporation has been convicted, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty or the conviction for which involved a finding that it had acted fraudulently or dishonestly.
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(6) The Authority shall give notice in the Gazette of any corporation approved under subsection (1).
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(7) Any applicant that is aggrieved by the refusal of the Authority to grant an approval under subsection (1) may, within 30 days after the applicant is notified of the decision, appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
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(8) Any corporation which contravenes subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $150,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $15,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.
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