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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II CONDUCT OF INSURANCE BUSINESS

Division 1 —  General restriction on insurers

Division 2 — Licensed insurers

Part IIA FOREIGN INSURER SCHEMES

Part IIB INSURANCE INTERMEDIARIES

Division 1 —  General provisions relating to insurance intermediaries

Division 2 —  Conduct of insurance broking business

Part III RETURNS, INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS, WINDING UP AND TRANSFERS OF BUSINESS

Division 1 — Returns

Division 2 — Inspections and Investigations

Division 3 — Powers where licensed insurer or insurance intermediary is unable to meet obligations, etc.

Part IIIA ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN REGULATORY AUTHORITIES

Part IIIAA TRANSFER OF BUSINESS AND SHARES, RESTRUCTURING OF LICENSED INSURER AND WINDING UP

Division 1 — Voluntary transfer of business

Division 2 — Compulsory transfer of business

Division 3 — Compulsory transfer of shares

Division 4 — Power to restructure capital

Division 5 — Winding up

Division 6 — Miscellaneous

Part IIIB APPEALS

Part IIIC NOMINATION OF BENEFICIARIES

Part IV MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

Division 1 — Administration and enforcement

Division 2 —  Miscellaneous amendments of law

Division 3 —  Supplementary

FIRST SCHEDULE Definition of Insurance Terms

SECOND SCHEDULE Specified Provisions

Legislative History

Comparative Table

 
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On 23/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 23/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 23/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 18/04/2013.
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Confirmation of schemes
49FC.
—(1)  Before an application is made to the High Court for confirmation of a scheme under section 49FB —
(a)
a copy of the scheme shall be lodged with the Authority together with copies of the actuarial and other reports, if any, upon which the scheme is founded after the transferor has obtained the approval of the Authority pursuant to section 49FB(1);
(b)
not earlier than one month after the copy is so lodged, notice of the intention to make the application (containing such particulars as are prescribed) shall be published in the Gazette and in not less than 2 newspapers approved by the Authority; and
(c)
for a period of 15 days after the publication of the notice, a copy of the scheme shall be kept at each office in Singapore of the transferor and shall be opened to inspection by all members and policy owners of the transferor who are affected by the scheme.
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(2)  The Authority may cause a report on the scheme to be made by an actuary independent of the parties to the scheme and, if it does so, shall cause a copy of the report to be sent to each of the transferor and transferee.
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(3)  Copies of the scheme and any such report as is mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (2), or summaries approved by the Authority of the scheme and any such report, shall, except in so far as the High Court upon application made in that behalf otherwise directs, be transmitted by the transferor and transferee, at least 15 days before application is made for confirmation of the scheme, to every policy owner affected by the scheme.
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(4)  An application to the High Court with respect to any matter connected with the scheme may, at any time before confirmation by the Court, be made by the Authority or by any person who, in the opinion of the Court, is likely to be affected by the scheme.
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(5)  The High Court may confirm the scheme without modification or subject to modifications agreed to by the transferor and transferee, or may refuse to confirm the scheme.
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(6)  The transferor and transferee shall be jointly and severally liable to reimburse to the Authority any expenses incurred by the Authority under this section in connection with any scheme or proposed scheme (subject to any order of the High Court as to costs).
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(7)  The scheme or proposed scheme referred to in subsection (6) shall include provision as to how that liability is, as between the transferor and transferee, to be borne.
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