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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANTS

Part III LICENSING OF BANKS

Part IV RESERVE FUNDS, DIVIDENDS, BALANCE-SHEETS AND INFORMATION

Part V PROHIBITED BUSINESS

Part VI MINIMUM ASSET REQUIREMENTS

Part VII POWERS OF CONTROL OVER BANKS

Part VIIA VOLUNTARY TRANSFER OF BUSINESS

Division 1 — Voluntary transfer of business of bank

Division 2 — Repealed

Division 3 — Repealed

Division 4 — Repealed

Division 5 — Miscellaneous

Part VIII CREDIT CARD AND CHARGE CARD BUSINESSES

Part IX MISCELLANEOUS

FIRST SCHEDULE Banks

SECOND SCHEDULE Effect of Merger

THIRD SCHEDULE Disclosure of Information

FOURTH SCHEDULE Specified Provisions

FIFTH SCHEDULE Definitions in Sections 27, 28, 29 and 38

Legislative History

Comparative Table

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On 21/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 21/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 21/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 18/04/2013.
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Action to be taken if credit facilities or exposures are against interests of depositors
27.
—(1)  Every bank in Singapore shall prepare a statement in respect of each quarter of a year, in such form as may be specified by the Authority, showing as at the end of that quarter all the credit facilities from and all the exposures of the bank to —
(a)
any person in a director group of the bank;
(b)
any firm or limited liability partnership of which the bank is a partner, a manager, an agent, a guarantor or a surety;
(c)
any company of which any of the directors of the bank is a director or an agent;
(d)
any company of which the bank or any of its officers (other than directors), employees or other persons who receive remuneration from the bank (other than for professional services rendered to the bank) is a director, an executive officer, an agent, a guarantor or a surety;
(e)
any of its officers (other than directors), employees or other persons who receive remuneration from the bank (other than for professional services rendered to the bank) in excess of one year’s emoluments of the officer, employee or person;
(f)
in the case of a bank incorporated in Singapore, any person in a substantial shareholder group of the bank;
(g)
any person in the financial group of the bank;
(h)
any related corporation of the bank;
(i)
any individual in whom, or any firm, limited liability partnership or company in which, any of the directors of the bank has an interest, directly or indirectly, as declared under section 28 other than the credit facilities or exposures particulars of which have already been supplied under this subsection; and
(j)
such other person or class of persons as may be prescribed.
[1/2007]
(2)  A statement under subsection (1) —
(a)
shall be prepared within 7 days, or such other period as may be approved by the Authority, after the quarter of the year in respect of which it is to be prepared;
(b)
shall —
(i)
in the case of a bank incorporated in Singapore, be brought up and read at the next meeting of its board of directors after it is prepared; and
(ii)
in the case of a bank incorporated outside Singapore, be submitted to the head office of the bank; and
(c)
shall be submitted to the Authority within 7 days from the date on which it is read at the meeting of the board of directors or submitted to the head office of the bank, as the case may be.
[1/2007]
(3)  If, on examination of any statement supplied by a bank under subsection (2)(c), it appears to the Authority that any credit facility from or any exposure of the bank to any person is to the detriment of the interests of the depositors of the bank, the Authority may by notice in writing to the bank do one or more of the following:
(a)
direct the bank to secure repayment of the credit facility or reduce the exposure within such time and to such extent as may be specified in the notice;
(b)
prohibit the bank from granting any further credit facility to the person or impose such restrictions on the grant thereof as the Authority thinks fit;
(c)
direct the bank to cease any further exposure to the person or impose such restrictions on such further exposure as the Authority thinks fit.
[1/2007]
(4)  In this section —
“director”, in relation to a bank in Singapore, has the meaning given to it in the Fifth Schedule;
“director group” has the meaning given to it in the Fifth Schedule;
“exposure” has the meaning given to it in the Fifth Schedule;
“financial group” has the meaning given to it in the Fifth Schedule;
“substantial shareholder group” has the meaning given to it in the Fifth Schedule.
[1/2007]