On 22/05/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 22/05/2013.
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14.
—(1) A bank incorporated in Singapore shall not be merged or consolidated with, or be taken over by, any other body corporate or unincorporate without the prior written approval of the Minister.
[23/2001]
(2) The Minister may approve an application made under subsection (1) if —
(a)
the Authority is satisfied that —
(i)
the body corporate or unincorporate is a fit and proper person or body of persons; and
(ii)
having regard to the likely influence of the body corporate or unincorporate, the business of the bank will be or will continue to be conducted prudently and the provisions of this Act will be or will continue to be complied with in relation to such business; and
(b)
the Minister is satisfied that it is in the national interest to do so.
[1/2007]
(2A) The parties to a proposed merger or consolidation, in respect of which an application is made under this section, shall furnish such information as the Minister or the Authority may require for the purposes of subsection (2).
[1/2007]
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), for the purposes of this section, a bank shall be deemed to be merged with a body corporate or unincorporate if the bank or its shareholders enter into any agreement or arrangement under which all or substantially all of the business of the bank is to be managed, and under which the shareholders of the bank will be accorded rights, as if the bank has been merged with such body corporate or unincorporate, as the case may be.
[23/2001]